Morten Qvenild is probably best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. However he has many more keys to his harmonium. He has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is a longstanding member of Solveig Slettahjell´s Slow Motion Orchestra.

He formed In The Country with fellow music students Roger Arntzen and Pål Hausken at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003. Since then they have been selected best young jazz artists in Norway, played concerts in Europe and USA and released their debut album This Was The Pace Of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon 2005) to much critical acclaim. Downbeat called it ”one of the finest and most arresting albums to come out of Europe” that year, Mojo said ”startling”,  Straight No Chaser said "fantastic” and a host of others followed.

 "Losing Stones...” is 11 brand new Qvenild originals that are bound to establish him as a writer with a strong signature, original and melodic with elements from pop, rock, country, folk, godspel, blues, classical. It´s all quite accesible, but also very rich in detail, new twists and melodic turns are revealed with each listen. Qvenild´s playing is, naturally, the focal point of the trio, but Arntzen and Hausken are not merely the pianist´s rhythm section. All play their parts in shaping a strong group identity. Needless to say, we are absolutely thrilled with the result, a truly original record in its genre, wonderfully performed and recorded in the legendary Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, home of the first classic Abba recordings and full of vintage analogue equipment. Special thanks to engineer Janne Hansson for care and attention and a wonderful working enviroment, Bob Katz for giving it the finishing touch in the mastering process and Kim Hiorthøy for the extraordinary art work.

Stefan Sundström is a Swedish singer and writer with a number of releases to his name, Marc Ribot hs played with Tom Waits for a long time, but is an esteemed artist in his own right.

"There’s a classic feel to this album that extends beyond its compositions - an uncommonly warm, vintage sound" 
Clash

"Appealing to post-rocker and jazz aficianado alike, this unique synthesis has a significance reaching far beyond Scandinavian climes" 
Flavourpill

"Both moving and hilarious" 
***
The Guardian

"dissonant reveries unfurl with subtlety, charm and an unadorned grace" 
****
The Independent

"You won’t laugh much but you will hear things" 
****
The Independent On Sunday

"Gentle, playful and sometimes passionately overwrought, In The Country are waiting for you to join them" 
***
Jazzwise

"Beautifully crafted, piano driven Jazz with a hint of prog, Pop, Blues and Country, of course" 
7/10
LoDown
                                                                                                          
"Disorientating but deeply pleasurable" 
****
Mojo
                            
"There is an intimacy in these songs about unspoken mortality"
Plan B

"Almost spectral in its underlying melancholy" 
***
Q

"cool and elegant full of understated drama"
**** 
Time Out

"An intimate abstraction of folk, jazz and country” 
****
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