About
Contemporary bluegrass
Magnus Wiik has toured across the globe with his own projects and as a sideman on a wide array of instruments for 20 years. He has been awarded prizes, released more than ten albums of original music and performed on some of the biggest stages for this music in Europe.
Praise for previous albums:
«There is a Norwegian version of Béla Fleck, Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice in one person and his name is Magnus Wiik» - Leiv Solberg, The Folk Music Hour
«Magnus Wiik is one of our times most innovative and genius musical interpreters» - Peter Sjöblom, Mono Magazine
«What really struck me about this album upon my first listen was the fact that Wiik plays guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, dobro, bass, cello, flute and keys to a very impressive level.» - Tabitha Benedict, Bluegrass Today
«Magnus Wiik plays banjo, dobro and mandolin as if he’s been doing it since Bill Monroe’s heyday» - Trygve Lundemo, Adresseavisen
«Bluegrass is the springboard for this fantastic multiinstrumentalist, and influences from Bulgarian and Irish folk music as well as a foundation in jazz shines through in a positive way» - Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen
«There is a lot of gold in both the great melodies and the poetic and brilliant string wizardry» - The Folk Music Magazine
Highlights
Art type: Live Music
Music type: Original Music
What this Artist plays most of the time
Genre: BluegrassAmericanaJazz
Home base: Rauland
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