Vera

Sissel Vera Pettersen (born 28 January 1977 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, saxophones and composition) and visual artist.

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After the overwhelming success of 'Roller Coaster', Danny Vera's musical career took off enormously. The song broke all records, topped all charts and has now been streamed almost 100 million times on Spotify. The Netherlands found massive comfort in the song during the turbulent corona period, which, among other things, gave Danny Vera the number one position in the Top2000 of 2020. Twenty years of hard work and patient progress finally paid off in platinum records and a sold-out Ziggo Dome. And all on his own terms, without compromising on the vintage aesthetic.

After the overwhelming success of 'Roller Coaster', Danny Vera's musical career took off enormously. The song broke all records, topped all charts and has now been streamed almost 100 million times on Spotify. The Netherlands found massive comfort in the song during the turbulent corona period, which, among other things, gave Danny Vera the number one position in the Top2000 of 2020. Twenty years of hard work and patient progress finally paid off in platinum records and a sold-out Ziggo Dome. And all on his own terms, without compromising on the vintage aesthetic.

At the age of 18 I walked into a record store, they recommended that I listen to Billie Holiday and that same afternoon I was hooked on jazz until it made it my way of life

Celebrating 100 years of a UK National Treasure with brand new orchestral versions of her most beloved songs. A true icon, Vera Lynn reaches her 100th Birthday on the 20th March 2017. To celebrate this milestone, the newly recorded album, Vera 100, features Vera Lynn’s utterly distinctive original vocals set to completely new re-orchestrated versions of her most beloved songs. This technical wizardry has, for the first time, allowed full orchestral accompaniments to transform not only her most memorable and morale-boosting hits that sustained Britons through the wartime years, but some recently unearthed, rare recordings – all presented in sumptuous, up-to-the-minute sound. Vera’s vocal on the lead track, Sailing, has not been heard for 35 years. The album also features several duet partners including Alfie Boe, Alexander Armstrong , Aled Jones and the RAF Squadronaires.