Kirsti Huke

Kirsti Huke (born 6 March 1977, in Melhus Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and composer. Huke was best recognized as the lead singer for Norwegian doom metal/experimental band The 3rd and the Mortal in the final line-up.

She is also known from collaborations with musicians such as Egil Kapstad, Erlend Skomsvoll, Tore Brunborg, Ola Kvernberg, Vigleik Storaas, Håvard Wiik, Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Erik Nylander and Steinar Raknes.

She is the younger sister of the author Marte Huke.

Career Huke was educated at the Heimdal Upper Secondary School from 1993 to 1996, and pursued the Jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology from 1996 to 2001. She was employed there as an assistant professor in 2016. Her own Kirsti Huke Quartet (established in 1998) also included Håvard Wiik (piano), Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums) and Steinar Raknes (bass). In 2002, Wiik and Johansen were replaced by Vigleik Storaas (piano) and Erik Nylander (drums).

The K.H. Quartet has performed at jazz festivals such as Nattjazz in 2006. They released the album Deloo in 2007, followed by Kirsti Huke in 2009. She has also been associated with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Egil Kapstad Quartet at the Trondheim Jazz Festival in 2001, which was arranged by Erlend Skomsvoll and featured Håkon Mjåset Johansen on the double bass.

Discography As band leader 2007: Deloo (Grappa Music) 2009: Kirsti Huke (Fairplay Records) 2015: Rags & Silks (Name Music & Publishing), with Ola Kvernberg and Erik Nylander

Collaborations 2001: Love Seriously Damages Health (Bergland Prod.), with Siri Gjære 2002: Memoirs (Voices Music & Entertainment), with The 3rd and the Mortal 2006: Survival Kit (Bergland Prod.), with Siri Gjære 2007: Peace & Love (Kong Tiki/Playground Records), with Moving Oos 2008: Grand Telemark (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark 2009: The Wonder (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark 2010: Improvoicing (MNJ Records), with Trondheim Voices 2011: Scent Of Soil (Hubro), with Tore Brunborg, Petter Vågan, Rune Nergaard & Gard Nilssen 2011: Tree House (Crispin Glover Records), with -phy 2013: Vi Vil Ut På Byen! (Øra Fonogram), with Tullkattesnutene

Other appearances 2007: Ingen Andre (MBN Records), with Ulf Risnes 2007: City of Glass (Voices Of Wonder Records), with The Soundbyte/Paul Irgens 2008: Katalysator (EMI Records), with Åge Aleksandersen 2008: Sinecure (Crispin Glover Records), with Bitch Cassidy 2009: New Violators (Fairplay Entertainment), with New Violators 2009: Åge-boks 2 (Odeon Records), with Åge Aleksandersen 2009: The Roaring Silence (Sandforest Records), with V Before U 2010: Doppelgängers (Aftermath Music), with Goat The Head 2010: While We Wait (The Record), with The Project 2011: Migrations (MNJ records), with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Øyvind Brække 2011: Scent Of Soil (List of Hubro albums|Hubro Music), with Scent Of Soil 2012: Small Town (Columbia, Sony Music Norway), with Hans Bollandsås 2012: Hurricane (Sonne Disk), with Wetle Holte 2013: Sidewalk Comedy (MNJ records), with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal 2014: Yesterday Song (MusikkLosen), with Terje Bjørklund 2014: Vokal (NorCD), with Elin Rosseland 2015: Texum (2015), with Texum