True North - May 28, 2015 (Hidden Valley Music Seminars, an Institute of the Arts)

Presented by Kiki Wow

Thursday, May 28th, 7:00 p.m.

Hidden Valley Theatre

Tickets $20 at the door

"Expect an inviting abundance of harmonies in the vein of Crosby, Stills & Nash and Nickel Creek, on everything True North does."

—Adam Joseph, Entertainment writer and editor, Monterey County Weekly

Kiki Wow Presents… An evening of beautiful harmonies and original songs with Scandinavian-American trio, TRUE NORTH and Special Guest, MIKE BECK. The acoustic trio, TRUE NORTH, is an ensemble of three wonderful and well-respected singer-songwriters; Janni Littlepage, a native of the Monterey Peninsula, Eva Hillered of Stockholm, Sweden, and Patrick Rydman of Gothenburg, Sweden. The trio traverse many musical genres from Folk and Americana, to Rock, Roots, Pop and Country, and their performances consist of songs co-written together, and other original material arranged for three voices and accompanied by guitars, dulcimer, piano and percussion.

Though they live on distant continents, they are great friends who love each other's music, and have written songs together since January, 2011. Performing for the first time as a trio ensemble at the Copenhagen Songwriters Festival in Denmark in August 2012, the audience response was overwhelming and they realized that what they had created together with the amalgam of their individual styles and the blend of their voices and vocal harmonies was very unique. Thus, True North was born.

The band members;

JANNI LITTLEPAGE, a native of Monterey, California, is a singer, songwriter and musician who has collaborated and performed with many notable artists and producers throughout her career as a recording artist and a backing vocalist, including Jimmy Messina, Jon Mark, and the late Kenny Edwards. Her song "A Rain Of Angels", graces a platinum album by country artist, Lila McCann, and in 2011, Janni released her own solo album, "Strange Angels". For the past four years she has written, recorded and toured with the acoustic trio, True North. www.jannilittlepage.com

EVA HILLERED is a Swedish recording artist. Eva's unique voice bears a deep soulfulness, born of a need to express herself early in her life. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and has made seven solo albums, one of which, her debut album, was Grammy-nominated. She tours in Scandinavia, the U.S., Germany and the Mediterranean, both as a solo artist and with the trio, True North. www.evahillered.se

PATRICK RYDMAN is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer from Gothenburg, Sweden. He has appeared on many recordings, and has been a longtime member of the Amanda vocal ensemble, with several international tours and Swedish Grammy nominations to their credit. He`s also been a vocal soloist with several big bands and orchestras throughout Sweden, produced other artists and written music for stage and radio. He tours both as a solo artist, with other ensembles, and with the trio, True North. www.patrickrydman.com