Thomas Dybdahl

One of Norway's most popular and acclaimed singer/songwriters, Thomas Dybdahl has also gained a growing international following for his elegant and expressive songs of love and loss -- earning him comparisons to Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley. His airy, slightly reedy voice is a sweet falsetto, and he knows how to coax maximum drama from a song, no matter how limpid its surface. That said, Dybdahl's sound cannot be easily pigeonholed. His music straddles genres from indie pop (his first two EPs and October Trilogy) to 21st-century mutant soul (What's Left Is Forever from 2013) to...