Ida Maria

Ida Maria (full name Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen, b. July 13th 1984) is an indie rock/punk artist from Nesna, Norway, currently living in Sweden. Her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, was released in Norway and the UK on May 5th, 2008. Ida Maria won Zoom Urørt in 2006 and the Urørt-competition in 2007 (both are Norwegian competitions for unsigned artists) and played some of Norway`s biggest festivals. In 2007 she also won Alarmprisen (Norwegian music awards). Her band consists of: Ida Maria: guitar, vocals, bass Stefan Törnby: guitar, backing vocals Olle Lundin: drums, backing vocals Johannes Lindberg: bass, backing vocals Website: http://www.myspace.com/idamaria