Heidi Marie Vestrheim

Black Forest now available for you!

Black Forest – out now!

You can listen to the album here:

Spotify, Tidal, or get it in  iTunes

Get the CD or the LP at Amazon 

About “Black Forest“:

Heidi Marie talks about making the album “Black Forest”:

“It took me almost two years to write the songs and record them. I’m not one of those people who write songs easily. I don’t sit down every day from nine to five and write. I wish I could, but I’ve never been able. I need to get inspired, let the impressions and life get under my skin. Listen to music, find stories I want to tell, melodies that needs to be sung. On this album I wrote together with my musical partner for the last ten years; Roy Ole Førland. He gets me started on the melody and I get him started on the cords. It’s been an amazing process, because for a long time I felt like I could not write any more songs.

My head was filled with worries and doubt. My father died in 2011 and two years after that I hit the ground quite hard. I was not sure what to do with my life, what is the meaning with life? What about family, career, music, freelancing vs. stability, growing up, letting go of the past? Where and how should one invest the time and energy to get a good life?

I felt like I was lost deep inside a Black Forest.”

Heidi Marie is

constantly developing her musical expression and the lyrics have over the years become more mature and poetic, characterized by life’s challenges and the beauty and ugliness of time. We can clearly hear this on her 2012 album “I Want to Go” and this is also something her new album “Black Forest” is deeply influenced by.

We find a variety of songs on “Black Forest”: The classical singer-songwriter songs “Who´s to blame”, “Tallest tree” and “Taking off all my clothes”, while some songs are more pop and rock influenced like “Dark spring” and “Head”.  In the songs “Almost Gone”, “Galaxy Van” and “Easy to Love”  you can hear the tribal drum beat and there are also some elements of gospel and soul, like in the songs “Words” and “Atmosphere”.

Heidi Marie has a voice and a sound that clearly stands out in the crowd of Norwegian music. She focus on lyrics, personal expression and she makes every effort to grasp the listener. Her style can be described as alternative pop, with a mix of more typical singer-songwriter elements. She is inspired by artist like PJ Harvey, Cocteau Twins, Neko Case and Laura Veirs.

Since 2003 Heidi Marie Vestrheim has released four studio albums on her own label, BlueBox Records.  Vestrheim has toured all over Norway, Germany and China.

Friends, here is the video for “Who´s to blame” – new single from my upcoming album “Black Forest”!

Video filmed by myself and my so kind wife Janicke Weum. Edited by Annikken Theodorsen.

Thank you all strangers and friends for sharing your beautiful face. xxx

Happy New Year !

Happy to announce that HEIDI MARIE VESTRHEIM´s fourth studio album “Black forest” will be released on the 18th of March 2016!
New single and new video coming up in January 2016.
Release party on the 19th of March 2016 in Hamburg….watch out for more coming up soon…

Black Forest – out March 2016

New video in the making! Wife helping while baby is sleeping:-) Efficient family. New single coming just after christmas!

New video and single coming soon!

Hello friends!!! My new album named “Black Forest” will be out March 18th! You can already go get the first two album tracks “Dark spring / Almost gone” on a limited 7″ vinyl single that is going to be released on the 11th of December 2015!

limited 7″ vinyl single – release date 11th of December 2015

My label says:

“Norwegian singer/songwriter HEIDI MARIE VESTRHEIM will release her fourth studio album named “Black forest” on the 18th of March 2016 via brillJant sounds/Believe Digital/Indigo digital, on CD & on Vinyl!

Go get the first two album tracks “Dark spring / Almost gone” on a limited 7″ vinyl single that is going to be released on the 11th of December 2015…”…what a wonderful christmas present…” ;-) Online at:  Amazon / Jpc “

Happy to find myself on this compilation! Heartfelt greetings and wishing you all a Romantic weekend!

PASSION SONGS, 22 heartfelt songs by singer/songwriters including “Romance” by HEIDI MARIE VESTRHEIM was digitally released today.

Thank you Hardangerrådet for letting me be your artist in residence this month! Staying in Berlin gives me so much inspiration, and also the chance to work with my new release!

I’ve had meetings with my German team and now we have a plan for my new album release in the beginning of 2016! Cant wait for you to hear my new music! :-)

the artist residence

Starting to get the hang of this new life with the little baby! Alfred and I wish you all a great week!

Todays mixing! #album4 #inthemix pic.twitter.com/uxmgFVP5CK

— HeidiMarie Vestrheim (@HeidiMarieV) May 20, 2015

My latest video from the song “Almost Gone”, just because its almost summer! Hope you are feeling it:-)

Lots of love Hmv.