These four songs reflect the actual world with wars and climate changes. The repertoire for OUR Recordings new DSD EP Four Nordic Songs to Our World was carefully chosen by Danish-born Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer and writer Birgitte Grimstad, the daughter of Danish tenor Axel Schiøtz.

The poems are a reflection and commentary on the current situation in the world with all its wars, greed and climate change as well as offering alternative perspectives to the younger generation for the future. Birgitte’s interpretations speak with the compassion and authority of a woman who lived through many of the world’s most turbulent periods with a voice so strong that you cannot help but listen and reflect!

A life-long activist, Birgitte Grimstad has become a fixture at Nordic marches for peace and justice, woman’s rights and climate movements. She is an icon as a folk and protest singer and was one of the organizers of the Nordic Women’s Peace Marches in Copenhagen, Paris 1981, Stockholm, Moscow and Minsk, 1982 and in 1983 Oslo, New York and Washington D.C. where the group also participated in a commemoration of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington. Most recently, she participated in the 2018 Nordic Peace March: Neighbours as friends – not enemies! travelling from Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia.

Michala Petri and Lars Hannibal have played together as a Duo since 1992, and this year they are celebrating their 30th anniversary with more than 2,000 concerts around the world as the Petri/Hannibal Duo. The songs are arranged by Petri and Hannibal.