Stein Torleif Bjella is one of the country's greatest artists, with a number of releases behind him, which together have garnered fantastic reviews, and earned him loyal fans all over the country.

Now he is again relevant with new music, and a new album is expected in autumn 2023.

Bjella really made a name for himself with his solo debut "Heidersmenn" in 2009, and two years later the follow-up "Vonde visu" won the Spellemann prize. "Home to die" concluded the trilogy in 2013, with first place on the VG list.

After this, the artist from Ål in Hallingdal released the critically acclaimed studio albums "Good Life" and "Øvre-Ål Toneakademi", as well as made an experimental spoken word improvisation album together with the band. he has published "Bjellasangar arranged for brass & wood", a collaboration between Bjella and the Broadcasting Orchestra, and won the Edvard prize, the Prøysen prize, the Skjæraasen prize and the Bendiksen prize.

"I'll kiss so Jesus cried" and "Psychically you can be yourself", Bjella sings. In his music, the extremes meet: One eye laughs, one cries. Mournful joy and romantic heartbreak. The characters, depictions and stories we meet in the text universe were also the inspiration for the play "Kan nokon gripe inn", seen by over thirty thousand, when it was staged at the Norske Teatret in 2017.

Stein Torleif Bjella is also a respected author, and is behind the poetry collection "Jordsjukantologien Nr. 1", and the novel "Fiskehuset", both of which have received rave reviews and have been published in several editions. "Fiskehuset" was nominated for the P2 listeners' novel prize and received the Nynorsk Literature Prize. The novel has so far been translated into Danish, German, Dutch, Czech and Faroese.