Album review: Inger Marie - Five Minutes

Inger Marie Gundersen (vocals); Espen Lind (guitar, keys, backing vocals); Torjus Vierli (piano, organ, keys); Tom Frode Tvelta  (bass); Martin Windstad (drums, perc.); Kristian Frostad (guitars); Erlend Viken (fiddle); Tore Johansen  (trumpet)

An intriguing album by a Norwegian singer covering an assortment of numbers associated with or composed by artists such as Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jagger and Richards, Mark Knopfler, Krall and Costello ...

The voice has the mystical texture of Janis Ian or Shirley Horn so it isn't surprising that there's a quote from the late Shirley in the album notes: 

"Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it." 

Which very much sums up Inger Marie's approach. 

It's compulsive listening even though the jazz content is minimal. It's like a book that you can't put down but one you may not want to read again.

Listen to the title track HERE. Available on Stunt Records. Lance

Five Minutes; Sailing; My Valentine; We Kiss in a Shadow; Wild Horses; Thank You Lord; Why Worry; Little Person; Narrow Daylight.