Marit Larsen has become very popular in Germany, currently she is touring through Germany and I have read some articles about her. Very often I could read, that she does also play the mandolin too in her shows. Today I tried to find some interesting videos with Marit Larsen and the mandolin – here is what I have found.
The first videos are from the current Germany tour. Marit uses the story about how she came to buy a mandolin some 6 or 7 years ago. She tells, that she discovered a cool rock’n’roll riff on the mandolin and that she thought she could become a rock’n’roll star with the mandolin. Steal my Heart is not a rock’n’roll song, but you can see and hear the mandolin well in this video:
Marit Larsen – Steal My Heart – Live: Köln, 26.2.2010
This is a Video I recorded from Marit’s concert in Cologne (Köln) on February 26, 2010. She first talks a bit about how she got to write the song (how she got her mandoline) and what it is about. If you want to skip to the real song, it starts at about 1:25. Sorry for the background noice. Enjoy 🙂
There are quite many videos of this song – Steal my Heart – you can easily find those when you search for “Marit Larsen Steal My Heart”.
The second video shows Marit Larson now when she tries to create a rock’n’roll moment in her concert in Bochum. This song is really a bit more rocking and you can see the mandolin quite well.
MARIT LARSEN LIVE ZECHE BOCHUM 1: Only A Fool (Februar 2010)
Marit Larsen has been playing the mandolin for some years, and the sound of the earlier videos is a little bit different, with the banjo and a harmonica it reminds more to country and bluegrass. Here you can see a version of Only a Fool from a TV show:
Marit Larsen – Only a Fool [Live @ NRK1]
And finally another interesting version of Only a Fool, from a rainy festival, where Marit Larsen was joined by the members of another Norwegian Band – Katzenjammer:
Marit Larsen Only A Fool P3 sessions
Additional information about Marit Larsen
Official Homepage: http://www.maritlarsen.com/de/home
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/maritlarsen
German Fan-Homepage: http://www.maritlarsen.de/
Blog article about Katzenjammer: Katzenjammer – Frauenband aus Norwegen
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