MARIT LARSEN A Big Talent Sometimes one M is more than enough. If it's this M! Marit Larsen has music in her blood, says our reviewer. The duo Marit Larsen / Marion Raven started out as a sweet Norwegian child-duo and then they evolved into becoming an "American" young-girl-duo by the name M2M. They had some success. When their image busted and the group split up - It was Marion Raven who was launched as the big commercial solo artist who got a lot of international�record deal offers. But we found out very soon that the girl who didn't speak around and after the time M2M split up was the one with the true artistic potential. The one you considered to compare with Joni Mitchell and not with Britney Spears. Marit has been rehearsing for a long time, the rumors have been floating around and the anticipation has been rising more and more. It has been said that her solo debut will happen this year. (2005) Her show in Stavanger night to Friday looked very promising. With a band with three members in the background, Marit played the organ, some acoustic guitar and she sang her own great and ambitious songs. She is not doing it the easy way, and she shows that she is really talented and has potential in the little more than half an hour set she played. Her songs doesn't go round and round in your head after hearing�them just one time, and that is the only potential downside to Marit Larsen's solo songs. But the songs are very artistic and vital and so�is the way Marit performs her songs. Traditions connect�it with modernity, energy and things that happen right away with thinking about what you're doing and complexity. This is not bubblegum-pop coming from a young girl, and it's not pop without any energy to it. Marit Larsen has music in her blood, and it's gonna be very exciting to follow her along the way. � M2M Ultimate Translated by: Maggie Warner Source: http://www.adressa.no/kultur/musikk/article416901.ece |