First time I met Tanja was at the Randi Laubek concert in Tivoli Gardens in June 2003 (see the pictures here). She contacted me after the show, as her husbond, Thorbjörn Appehl, played the bass in Randi's backing band.

I didn't know that Tanja created music on her own, until she sent me a demo of four of her songs. She wanted me to make a promotional photo series of her to follow the demo. I have listened to hundreds, not to say thousands, of demos by various bands and artists, but Tanja's demo completely knocked me out: It's the most fascinating demo I've ever listened to. If you combine the early work of Joni Mitchell with a laid-back Randi Laubek, you'll get an idea of the qualities in the music of this gifted artist.
With the help of Morten Woods, Gustaf Ljunggren and Thorbjörn Appehl, Tanja has made a little masterpiece contaning the song titles: Transfer, Make It Good, Walk Straight Home and Worth It.

We spent a cosy day of photo shooting in the courtyard of Tanja's home in Østerbro and in an empty office in the neighbourhood. Six hours all in all. Tanja appeared as soft, relaxed and beautiful as the music she creates.
Below some of the pictures can be viewed. Enjoy and watch out for this upcoming talent. Tanja Appehl plans to release her debut album at the end of this year.
Never before I've been so convinced that here we have an artist facing a great future at the Danish music scene. Read more about this exciting upcoming talent at www.tanjaappehl.dk.

Photographs by Eric Klitgaard © 2005

All photographs on this site is protected by the international copyright laws
and it is strictly prohibited to download and use the photographs for any purpose
without written permission from the photographer