Our new Artist of the Month was brought about by a tale of a young girl wanting to be the next Pop diva. With dreams of singing as good as World-renowned divas like Celine Dion and Whitney Houston, our heroine took singing lessons. However slightly askew from what she initially wanted the end result had been, her dream of becoming a diva is now at hand.

Our little Miss FPA is named Susanne Aartun Sundf鴕 (some people spell it as Susanne Sundfor, but mainly because of having a hard time typing the character - ). Little Susanne was born on March 19, 1986 in a fishing town at the West Coast of Norway, called Haugesund. While most storybook characters like witches and wizards delved in the art of spell casting, Little Susanne followed a musical path. To get started, she attended a music course for children at age six. As a follow up, she trained in various instruments including flute, violin, piano (around age 9) and guitar.

It was like Little Miss Susanne got an invitation to attend Hogwarts when she turned 12, as this was the age she took singing lessons. It was such a surprise when Little Miss Susanne found out that her teacher is a classical-trained opera singer. It wasn’t what she wanted, at first, but quickly became interested in it as it opened up a whole new musical world for her to explore.

After a couple or so years of training, Little Miss Susanne became proficient in singing classical operas, like arias by Mozart. But we all know our little young miss did not stop here… Still seeking for more musical knowledge, she took a specialized musical high-school by age 16. It was not long after when Miss Susanne, no longer so little, started dabbling in songwriting. It is indeed quite a necessity for Miss Susanne to write her own songs in order to succeed in the land of Norway.

It was after finishing High School that our young but not so little heroine, Miss Susanne, moved to Bergen – still in the land of Norway. It was here where she came into contact with Mr. Producer. It was sort of like defeating a mighty dragon when they succeeded in capturing an audience in Norway. Miss Susanne started playing on a lot of venues, which did not go unnoticed as critics and the media laid their serpent-like eyes on her – eyeing her every move. She then moved back to Haugesund after spending two productive years in Bergen.

All is well, as Miss Susanne received much critical acclaim around the time she conquered the crowd when she performed in by:Larm music festival in Troms, Norway. Spinning a string of successful successive shows was only the first step. The second step is to record a full-length album. And so they did. The recording process is long and there are more writings that need be done. The crowd is silently waiting.

Alas, a taste of things to come was unleashed to the unsuspecting world by November 29, 2006 as they released the single “Walls” through iTunes. The song “Walls” immediately sky-rocketed to the top of the Norwegian charts and generated a lot more of critical acclaim for our young heroine.

After a year of writing, polishing old songs, and recording they finally came out with a masterpiece of an album. The timing is just right, like it was precisely calculated… The full-length was released on the same day as our heroine’s 21st birthday, March 19 2007. Riding on the single’s success, the album was instantly welcomed with high critical acclaim – also topping the charts upon release. The album’s success spawned a tour all over Norway and surrounding countries, including Germany.

Our successful heroine, Miss Susanne, recently moved to a little town in England called Oxford - hoping to bring her music to new audience. Constantly absorbing musical experiences to further develop as an artist, Miss Susanne is sure to captivate anyone who gives her music a listen.

KGRL is proud to present October 2007's Flower-Powered Artist, Susanne Sundf鴕. Get to enjoy exclusive materials that we gathered from this groundbreaking, newly-emerging artist. This month is presented with our usual comprehensive full-on feature including: a KGRL exclusive interview (audio/transcribed), Susanne Sundf鴕 CD Review, photos, and a collection of KGRL exclusive live performance videos streamed on-demand. This is but an introduction to our October 2007 Flower-Powered Artist of the Month… May you read, listen, and watch happily ever after!