Rikke Thomsen

To attend a solo concert by Rikke Thomsen is like flipping through a familiar book. Song by song, emotion by emotion, the audience is wonderfully drawn into a dystopian universe of longing, loneliness, and the melancholy of Southern Jutland. Songs like “Ballebrovej 2” and “Hunge Hjerte” wrap around you like a winter coat on a frosty day. At the same time, Rikke's bright spirit and storytelling nature guide us all safely through to the other side, where pride in her roots and the joy of life and music gradually take over. Rikke Thomsen’s songs are a mirror of a reality that everyone knows. The big difference between Us and Her is that Rikke isn’t afraid to open her book and let us all leaf curiously through its chapters…