Selma French

Selma French is a songwriter and musician renowned and revered within the Norwegian folk scene. She grew up with traditional music and has played and created music all her life. Her musical inspirations include Linda Perhacs, Nick Drake, Judee Sill, Frøkedal, Sundfør and Sandy Denny. Her debut album Changes Like the Weather in the Mountain was released in 2022 to critical acclaim and was ranked among the top Norwegian albums of 2022 by notable Norwegian newspapers such as Dagsavisen and Aftenposten. Before the release of her next solo album in the spring of 2025, she will be the special guest on Euros Childs’ UK tour. Selma has toured extensively throughout Scandinavia and is a member of the bands such as Masåva, Frøkedal & Familien - with whom she toured in the UK as special guests of Teenage Fanclub, Sondre Lerche and Norwegian Grammy award winners Morgonrode. Her music is widely recognized in her native country and has recently featured as the theme song in the hit Viaplay T.V series Furia. Her music reflects an admiration for Norwegian and English folk music and is infused with an airy, enigmatic energy. Her rich landscape of guitars, wurlitzer, fiddles and high pitched choir voices manages to convey a roar of frustration, obscure portraits of the present and a gathering force of hope. “What a Norwegian gem we are dealing with here.. Selma French is Norway's music scene's best-kept “secret” - for now” GAFFA.no Photos by Eirik Havnes/ Frode Fjerdingstad