Our guest today is Kari Iveland

Kari is a Norwegian singer and song maker who started her career in the mid 1980’s when She completed Vocal Performance-studies in Los Angeles and obtained a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. She has released several albums and worked as a vocal coach, session singer, and free-lance composer and lyricist.

Kari re-entered academia in 2015 and completed her master’s degree at The Norwegian Academy of Music. She is currently working as a PhD Research Fellow for the Department of Popular music at the University of Agder.

Our conversation with Kari took on many paths – her childhood in Bangladesh being raised by missionary parents, how lyrics can be used to identify our life’s narrative & her inspiration for her own lyrics, her 2 year struggle with anorexia in her 20’s & Reliving traumas on stage - all found their way into our discussion.