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My album gets 5 of 6 points!

elin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

NRK Sami Radio has reviewed my album and it was 5 og 6 points! Thats great! yaaayyy!! reviewer is Håkon Isak Vars.

If you want to listen to it (sami only), go to:

http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/ardna/1.6903359

Album release 8th december 2009!

elin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

yeaaaaaahhhhh!!! I finally have a release date! I have signed with the Saami Label DAT, wich have helped me so much to get this CD out this year! Thank you! I have been waiting so long, and finally I can release my debut album Jikŋon Musihkka-Frozen music! I am sooo happyyy!!!

Márkomeannu 2009

elin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

1. of august we played a concert at Markomeannu, which is a sami Fesival on Troms, North of Norway. It is outdoors and there is always a really nice atmosphere there. We had a great gig, people were curious of my performance and I felt really welcome. :D

The days before the concert I held a Tribal Fusion workshop for childen. It was so much fun! The kids where enjoying it so much, they didnt want to stop dancing! :D Some of the children even danced some of the moves I though [...]

"Banden" on NRK P3 radio

elin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Hihi Today this guy from a funny radioshow interviewed me. it was cool, cause he had never heard about the Sami Grand Prix, like many others non-samis.

To look at his blog go to www.nrk.no/banden/sami-grand-prix

My first pre-release concert!

elin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Today we played the first pre-release concert in my hometown Karasjok. I have the best band ever! Jan Martin Smørdal, Juhani Silvola, Jonas Howden Sjøvaag and my producer Ole Jørn Myklebust played with me. My sworddancing went well and the audience liked it! Unfortunately my videocamera is broken, so I wasnt able to film it. This sucks cause it was a historical concert -for me anyway. I hope I get some pictures from it soon. ;D We only played songs from the coming a [...]

Practicing with the band!

elin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Those really really talented guys who have agreed to play concerts with me are the best ever! Hope they will play with me FOREVER! HAHAHA They all have names with J and that must be the reason why they are so good together! hehehe Wow its going to be exciting concerts this easter! I'll be dancing alot, and also with my sword, so I hope the sami people like that! :D

Stem på meg på midnattsrocken.no

elin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Jeg er visst en artistene man kan stemme på til å bli "finnmarks favoritt" og dermed ende på scenen til midnattsrocken iår! Det hadde vært kjempekult å spille der, så stem på meg! :D yeaaaahhh!!

Going for Sami grand prix again!

elin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I am going to participate in sami Grand prix again this year! This time with a song that Ole Jørn Myklebust composed, and I wrote the lyrics for. It's called "Du lusa" (To where you are). Its going to be an exciting competition. I know the most of the other who are participating from before, and they are all well known, so its going to be really really exciting! But still hoping for the best! :D

Guest on IZU TV

elin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today the program of IZU TV on NRK3 where I was a guest was shown. It was kind of embarrasing to be the guest there, cause I had to tell some intimite secrect if we lost the competition of putting on 30 condoms to a dildo in 1 minute. At first they wanted me to to this while dancing, but I refused, thank god! oh and we lost the competition...

To see the program go to http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/439326

Liet Lavlut Competition

elin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today was the Liet Lavlut competition. I don't know where to start, there is so much to tell. The trip was so interesting and it was so much fun meeting people from all over Europe. My dress made by Anne Kare Kemi turned out ok, and the band played just great! It sounded awesome, even though we just met this Thursday when we practised for 3 hours. It's going to be great working with them more in the future. I came second in the competition, which was a bit disappointing not onl [...]

On IZU

elin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today I was on the sami radio program IZU. It is only 4 weeks until I am going to the Liet-lavlut, and I still dont have everything ready. Not a ticket, or a full band, or anything, so I am starting to freak out a bit. But I have freaked out a few times, but just decided I will not worry, and what happens will happen. But I am pretty sure that if I go there I will win! :D yeaaah!! Crossing my fingers anyway! :D hihi

Vocals are done!

elin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Last week we recorded all of the vocals for my album. yeeeea! I was kind of nervous about this, but I hope it turned out ok. I havent heard the outcome yet, so I am looking forward to it. These last weeks have been so exciting! Erland from Madrugada has been doing the drums, and it made such a huge difference. And so did the piano, and everything just fell on place the last weeks.

Ole Jørn has been working his ass off for this, and I dont know how to thank hi [...]

I am in the sami magazine S

elin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I am in this issue of S, witch is a sami magazine for yougster, so to say. The pictures were great, but the interview did not give a good picture of my reality. I guess I cant always get a great interview... hm Ill make a better one next time!

Dancing at Oslo Musikkfest -08

elin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Mazen Banduleros band is a live-band with members from all over the world. Hihi its fun. They played 2 concerts in Oslo today, and I danced with them. It was a nice warm day and alot of people had come to watch, so It was great! First we played in Torggata, and there people had been waiting for an hours to see us. The schedule was late 50 mins, so they hardly would let us on the other stage we came late to because of that... The second stage was the one at Grø [...]

Elin as guest in NRK Sami Radio

elin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today I was guest at a sami radio-program called "Luo-Mus Mailmmis" which is Wenche M. Hætta's program. She made a great program with me, so I am really pleased with that! At this program I also had a Radio-premiere on a song called "Suoivanis" (in the shadow) composed by Ole Jørn Myklebust and lyrics by me.

To listen this interview go to

http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/ardna/1.5877139

Performing in Helsinki

elin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This weekend I was in Helsinki performing at a jubileum for a sami organisation in Helsinki. Thay had a 20 year anniversary. :D So Wimme, Áigi and myself were performing there. I song 4 of the songs that are produced by Ole Jørn "Du mielde", "Dovdu mii jávká", "Oaidnaledene" and of course "Áibbas jáska". It was the first time I performed these songs, so it was exciting. I cant wait to next time! :D

Portrait of me on Nordnytt!

elin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Helga Bones, who works in NRK Nordnytt (news) made a portrait of me. We filmed everything last thursday and today it went on air. It turned out really good! It was telling about my work with music and a little bit belly dancing. :D

If you want to see it go to http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/359026

I won Sámi Grand Prix!!

elin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Its amazing! I really won! This is so great! It was the plan all along, so it feels good that I made it! :D

holy....i dont know what more to say. Just alot of thanks to Ole Jørn Myklebust who made the song what it is now.

Watch me singing "aibbas jaska" at

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/350263

Later that night i got a call from Kenneth Ekornes, who is the drummer in a number of [...]

Elin - Aibbas Jaska

silvercat — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Elin Kåven fremfører vinnermelodien "Aibbas Jaska" under Sami Grand Prix, 2008.

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Får jo ikke til video embedding :(

Concert in Karasjok

elin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday I played a concert in Sápmi Park in Karasjok. It was an outdoor concert on a stage made of snow. Really fun! There was a market there, people selling sami clothes and stuff. It was cool!

I had asked some people from Karasjok to pley with me. My cousin Ingelin Eriksen played the drums. She is a really talented teenager! I am sure she will be doing alot of creative work in the future as well! Really energic drummer! It was so fun playing with her!

On bass I had ask [...]