Hanne Boel

Hanne Boel (born August 31, 1957 in Bagsværd, Copenhagen) is a best-selling Danish singer. She is a versatile artist and has sung in church choirs as well as gospel, soul, jazz, pop and rock, not to mention a short stint in techno. Boel graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1980 and studied a year at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. When she returned to Denmark, she worked as a music teacher for several years, but at the same time she had also been a member of the group Blast from 1981 until 1986. After that she worked as a choir soloist until she released her debut album Black Wolf. The album became a huge hit and won her a Danish Grammy as the Female Singer of the Year in 1989. In the years that followed, Boel's popularity as an artist continued with several successful record releases and concerts in Denmark and Scandinavia. Albums: * Black Wolf (debut album, October 1988) * Dark Passion (May 1990) * My Kindred Spirit (February 1992) * Kinda Soul (November 1992) * Misty Paradise (1994) * Best of Hanne Boel (compilation, 1995) * Silent Violence (September 1996) * Need (April 1998) * strangely disturbed (live album, March 1999) * Boel & Hall (duo album with Martin Hall, 2000) * Beware Of The Dog (October 2002) * Abaco (September 27, 2004) * Private Eye (February 26, 2007) * A New Kinda Soul (October 27, 2008) Official website: www.hanneboel.dk/uk/home