Agnes Obel
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28th october 1980) is a Danish singer-son… Read Full Bio ↴Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28th october 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other European countries. Since February 2011, Philharmonics is certified gold. On September 30th 2013, she released her second album Aventine.

Agnes Obel was born Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel in 1981. Living in Copenhagen, and coming from a musician family, Agnes Obel learned piano at a very young age. Her mother used to play Bartók and Chopin at the piano. During her childhood, Agnes Obel found inspiration in Jan Johansson's work. Johansson's songs, European folk tunes done in a jazzy style, have influenced the young musician a lot.

She attended high school at Det frie Gymnasium and university at Roskilde University.

At the age of seven, Agnes Obel worked in a little band where she used to sing and play bass guitar. The group appeared in a festival and even recorded some titles.

Later, and with the help of Danish musician and producer Elton Theander, Obel founded the Copenhagen based band Sohio. After few years of collaboration, Obel debuted as a solo singer with her first album Philharmonics (2010).

Agnes Obel writes, plays, sings, records and produces all her material herself.

She is influenced by artists such as Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey and also by the French composers Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Eric Satie.

Obel lives in Berlin.
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Agnes Obel Lyrics


"Riverside" Down by the river by the boats Where everybody goes to…
09 Words Are Dead I wanna buy you roses 'Cause the words are dead, Follow in…
3. Brother Sparrow Voices in the street Footsteps on the concrete Guess I hear …
Arches Darkened weather arches Redeeming an old debt of the sun To …
ares I wanna buy you roses 'Cause the words are dead, Follow in…
Aventine Will you go ahead to the Aventine In the holly red…
Avenue What is wrong at the end of the day What is…
Beast I would know who roars mostly like the beast Going out…
Broken Sleep Broken sleep, all too human A malady, it's gazing through wh…
Brother Sparrow Voices in the street Footsteps on the concrete Guess I hear …
Camera's Rolling The script is burning On heavy fuel No time to lose What wil…
Can't Be I can't be, I can't be I can't be, I keep…
Citizen of Glass Rend a black drop from my heart With the weight of…


Close Watch Never win and never lose There's nothing much to choose Betw…
Dorian They won't know who we are So we both can pretend It's…
Familiar Can you walk on the water with I, you and…
Familiär Can you walk on the water if I, you and…
Fuel to Fire Do you want me on your mind Or do you want…
Golden Green All I have or should want to be but never…
Island Of Doom Destiny made her way and found you in a room They…
It's Happening Again I swear it is true The past isn't dead It's alive, it…
Just So Black turns beamy bright Turning on the light Today is gonna…
Just so + Black turns beamy bright Turning on the light Today is gon…
Katie Cruel When I first came to town, They called me roving jewel; Now…
Mary Heaven hid her face as we fell down Age old habits…
Myopia Have you ever Gone into my myopia? Think of a subtle way To…
On Powdered Go back and forward but all is melting like the snow Taking…
Over the Hill Over the hill I will be waiting on for you I won't…
Pass Them By We come together, here we go Around the fire, here we…
Philharmonics Guess who died, last night In grey stockings, in all might I…
Promise keeper Daylight took your body Took your, your army Justifies like …
Riverside Down by the river by the boats Where everybody goes to…
Run Cried the Crawling Crawling down From high hopes to the ground While trouble si…
Smoke Oh my one, I'm so happy That you've got so far I…
Sons & Daughters We are the ones of the free, The sons and daughters Come…
Stone They say every sin will have a thousand eyes To guilty…
Stretch Your Eyes The darkness and the ghost They dance so sweet and slow Dug-…
The Curse And the people went into their hide, they oh From the…
Trojan Horses These bare bones are made of glass See-through to the marrow…
Won't You Call Me Lay down where the air stands still Where the moonlight fill…
Words Are Dead I wanna buy you roses 'Cause the words are dead, Follow in…


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