“To be up early in the morning” is an expression meaning you’re industrious, both in ideas and in execution. That’s POING in a nutshell.

Frode Haltli (accordion), Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (saxophone), and Håkon Thelin (double bass) are up early, and when they go to bed they’ve most likely created something no one else even has the imagination to start thinking about, or performed something no one expected to hear. Some people see the world from a different angle, and we’re deeply grateful for them.

The list of countries they’ve played in, projects they’ve carried out, and artists they’ve collaborated with is almost unbelievably long. Google it, as they say. For us in Risør, they’re a guarantee of quality, and a bridge between the classical and the modern.