Another recommendation

I can't have a music blog and recommend artists without mentioning CHEEZY KEYS. They're extremely talented, versatile and decent guys (which I can account for, having met them) Cheezy Keys are, from left to right: Anders Kjepperud (basso), Morten Bergheim (tenor), Kjærand Moe (baritone), Hans Petter Moen (tenor) and Kim A. Hagen (tenor/countertenor). They met during a production of Grease at Chat Noir, Oslo in 1999 and startet singing together in between rehearsals. Since then they've featured in other show productions, written and performed their own show, performed at numerous TV shows, guest starred in films, and contributed to the national Eurovision final three times - twice as contestants and once as responsible for the intermission entertainment.

It's hard to put Cheezy Keys into a specific genre. They bounce from showing off technical brilliance in acapella performances, to dancing wildly over the stage in drag - and often combining the two concepts of classically oriented singing and humour: In a show they did a sketch about supermarket clichees and the beeping from the tills suddenly transformed into the intro of Schubert's Ave Maria.

Maybe it's not so strange after all, because in a way they were all connected to the classical world before they met. Kjærand was an educated classical musician, Anders and Kim sang together in St Halvard boys choir when they were kids, Hans Petter has studied musical theatre in London and also studied ballet for a year or so. An earlier member of Cheezy Keys, Mads, is also into dancing and has been doing some choreographing after he left the group.

In the program for their latest show "Finn Fem Feil" they explain their unusual reportoire like this:
"[..] All we know is that music and humour make things look brighter, [...] and that's why we want to give you these two things tonight, to make you feel like the wonderful person you are. With or without faults."

I for one love the combination and hope they continue to write music and perform shows. Rumour has it that an album's on the way (another to add to the list of must have CDs) so let's cross our fingers :) Cheezy Keys' web site is in Norwegian only, www.cheezykeys.com . To see and hear them sing, check out these links:
Unchained Melody live - http://www.cheezykeys.com/video3.html
Bohemian Rhapsody live - http://www.cheezykeys.com/video4.html