Rita Engedalen (born 17 December 1971) is a Norwegian
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
musician (vocals, guitar) and songwriter. Rita Engedalen and
Margit Bakken
Margit Bakken (born 8 April 1967) is a Norwegian musician (vocals, guitar) and songwriter. She is one of the most established blues musicians in Norway, and often performs with Rita Engedalen as the duo Women in Blues.Clarksdale, Mississippi
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, United States. A few days later she performed at the Shack Up Inn in a smaller setting.
Career
Engedalen is one of the most established blues musicians in Norway, and often performs with
Margit Bakken
Margit Bakken (born 8 April 1967) is a Norwegian musician (vocals, guitar) and songwriter. She is one of the most established blues musicians in Norway, and often performs with Rita Engedalen as the duo Women in Blues.Spelleman Award
Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...
in 2006. She won the second European Blues Challenge in 2012.
Discography
* ''Hear My Song'' (Bluestown Records, 2004)
* ''Heaven ain't Ready for Me Yet'' (Bluestown Records, 2006)
* ''The Tree Still Standing'' (Grammofon, 2008)
* ''Women in Blues'' (2012), with