# Jorgen Sandvik received the award in the blues category during the distribution of the Spelleman Prizes: Videos

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- Published: 2019-03-31T13:24:33+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Jørgen Sandvik received the award in the blues category during the distribution
of the Spelleman Prizes for 2018 in Chateau Neuf on Saturday 30 March. JBN.S congratulations!**

The singer and guitarist from Bergen, now residing on Stord, received the award 
for his release “Permanent Vacation”, which was his first solo album. It’s his first
prize for a solo album, but he has previously received awards with the band Real
Ones, which he was a member of for 20 years.

Bluesnews writer Johnny Andreassen wrote the following about the award-winning release:
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The songs are partly his own, but also some skinless cover songs from the blues 
artists who have meant the most for his blues story. John Mayall’s “The Law”, Skip
James “The Devil Got My Woman” and Peter Green’s “The World Keeps On Turning”. The
legendary “Midnight special”, which Creedence also did in his time, is created for
Jorgen’s blues heritage with his Real Ones band experience. Mostly this is about
Jørgen Sandvik, his guitar and his vision of having full respect for the old blues
men and traditions and at the same time experimenting with their own sound, as Real
Ones has always done. He uses flutes, cello and pump organs, which are probably 
unusual in blues. The result is a very vibrant, nude and distinctive singer / songwriter
bluessound. It oozes a hungry country feeling like a “Motorpsycho goes blues”. It
sounds like he has lived this life and sucked the blues travel companion all his
life! An intimate and beautiful blues record to play this summer when the noise 
from the water park and barbecue parties has settled and the darkness in and the
dew settles on the beer bottle. Really a little favorite here, coming in from an
unexpected edge of the Real Ones camp in the west!

In the blues class, these three were also nominated: Geir Bertheussen Blues Express,
JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters and Ulf Myrvold.

**Here are all Spellemann winners (highlighted):**

**Children’s music**
 My neighbor – Rockesock Tonje Unstad – Mussel with milk Karoline
Krüger and Mrs Nitters Rhythm Orchestra – Labyrinths! Mandarinsaft – On the way 
tea a friend

**Popgruppe**
 Band of Gold – Where’s The Magic Seeb – Nice To Meet You Lemaitre–
Lemaitre 2018 Razika – That’s how the world feels

**Jazz**
 Gurls – Run boy, run Musk – Miracles Atomic – Pet Variations Hanna Paulsberg
Concept + Magnus Broo – Daughters Of The Sun

**Contemporary**
 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Ørjan Matre: Concert for orchestra
Cikada string quartet / Knut Olaf Sunde – Vertigo Room Kjell Tore Innervik – UTOPIAS–
Radical Interpretations of Iconic Musical Works for Percussion Telemark chamber 
orchestra, conductor Lars-Erik ter Jung – Chasing Strings

**Blues**
 Jørgen Sandvik – Permanent Vacation J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters–
Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1 Geir Bertheussen Blues Express – Southside Ulf Myrvold –
Old Memories

**This year’s copywriter**
 Eduardo Andersen – Let’s take an idealist Ina Wroldsen–
Hex Lars Saabye Christensen – A quiet place Odd Nordstoga – Kløyvd

**Electronica**
 Sex Judas feat. Ricky – Go Down Judas Smerz – Have Fun Bjørn Torske–
The city Fakethias – Attune

**Metal**
 Obliteration – Cenotaph Obscure Aura Noir – Aura Noire Sylvaine – Atoms
Aligned, Coming Undone Beaten To Death – Agronomicon

**Tonos Composer Price**
 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Ørjan Matre: Concert for
orchestra Anja Garbarek – The Road Is Just A Surface Geir Holmsen – A quiet place
Arve Henriksen / Eivind Aarset / Jan Bang / Jez Riley French – The Height Of The
Reeds

**Showing**
 Ingeborg October – The Skimming Book Ellen Sofie Hovland – And the 
sun is over Erik Lukashaugen – We own the forests Masvava – Masvava

**Open Class**
 Geir Sundstøl – Breadless Amgala Temple – Invisible Airships Harpreet
Bansal – Samaya Anja Garbarek – The Road Is Just A Surface

**This year’s Music Video**
 Hkeem / Directors: Thor Brenne – Ghettoparasite Aurora/
directors: Kinga Burza – Queendom Sondre Justad / Director: Trond Kvig Andreassen–
Not like the others Sigrid / Directors: AB / CD / CD – Sucker Punch

**Classical**
 Tora Augestad & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Portraying Passion 
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen & Ingrid Andsnes – Metamorphosis Christian Ihle 
Hadland – Christian Ihle Hadland plays Domencio Scarlatti Stavanger Symphony Orchestra–
Symphonic Dances

**This year’s Producer**
 Aksel Carlson – Mars, Emilie Nicholas, Arif & Young Ferarri
Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim – Anja Garbarek, Emilie Nicholas, Håkon Kornstad, Batagraf
and others Fay Wildhagen – Borders Kai Gundelach – Baltus

**This year’s Breakthrough and Gramostipend**
 Boy Pablo Lise Davidsen The camel
Rotlaus Ruben

**Rock**
 The Good The Bad And The Zugly – Misanthropical House Oslo Ess – Free 
radicals Årabrot – Who Do You Love Turbonegro – Rock’n’Roll Machine

**This year’s Album**
 Emilie Nicolas – Tranquille Emilie Rotlaus – On the way Sondre
Justad – Nothing in Paradise Young Ferarri – In the middle of magical and manic

**Folk / Traditional music**
 Marja Mortensson – Mojhtestasse – Cultural Heirlooms
Johanne Flottorp – Johanne Flottorp Aslak Brimi Quartet – Tissue Sudan Dudan – Heimen
out there

**Country**
 Malin Pettersen – References Pt. 1 The Northern Belle – Blinding Blue
Neon Hege Øversveen – goodbye yellow roses Country Heroes – Honky Tonk Tears

**This year’s songwriter**
 Ina Wroldsen – Hex Dagny – Dagny Songwriter 2018 Young
Ferrari – In The Middle Of Magic And Manic Thea Hjelmeland – Kulla

**This year’s Honorary Prize**
 DDE

**Urban**
 EMIR – More of you MARCH – MARCH Young Beirut – The revenge is sweet,
but I forgive you Lil Halima – Lil Halima 2018

**This year’s Playmate**
 Alan Walker

**Indie / Alternative**
 Thea Hjelmeland – Kulla Okay, Kaya – Both Fay Wildhagen–
Borders Boy Pablo – Soy Pablo

**This year’s song**
 Mads Hansen – The summer body

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