Richard Holmsen, born 1972, is the singer/guitarist of the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Delaware

Delaware (band)

Delaware is a Norwegian indie/alternative rock band from Drammen.-Early History: The start as Beyond:Delaware started out in 1994 in Drammen, Norway as the band Beyond, a punk/hardcore band who later developed a more pop/melancholic rock sound...

. He has released two albums with Delaware, "...and everything reminds me" (Sony Columbia) from 2003 and "Lost in the Beauty of Innocence" (Strangeways records) from 2006. Holmsen started his career in Beyond, a local band from his hometown Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

together with several of the members who play in Delaware today. Beyond released one album, "Icons" (1997), and recorded their second, "Polyphonic" (1999) before the band disbanded. "Polyphonic" was never officially released.

The recent years, Richard Holmsen has been working on his solo-project, and he has played several acoustic gigs with his songs.

External links

• Official website