Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen (born 4 February 1982) is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist and composer. She is known for a series of album releases and collaborations with musicians like Jon Eberson, Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem.

Career
Thomassen was born in Ålesund. She is a graduate from the Norwegian Academy of Music, and performs with a variety of rock and jazz bands, including her own Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Bronco Busters, Songs and Sweet Potatoes, and VOM (as "Mester Pøggs"). She also has a central role in the bands of Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem, and has performed with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Thomassen was awarded "The young jazz talent of the year" at Moldejazz in 2009, and played a gig within Jarle Bernhoft Band at the 2011 Kongsberg Jazzfestival. When she released her debut solo album Shoot! (2011) leading her own trio, the music bears little resemblance to what she plays with Jon Eberson Group and the bands of Hilde Marie Kjersem and Jarle Bernhoft.

Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Hedvig Mollestad Trio (also referred to as HM3) consists of Hedvig Mollestad (guitar, vocals), Ellen Brekken (bass) and Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums). The trio has received numerous appraising reviews internationally, for both their studio albums and live performances. Their music is inspired by '70s heavyrock, but creates a peculiar musical mixture of ingredients like free jazz, prog and psychedelia. On its website the band describes their own music as "Outgoing & progressive instrumental rock". Since the trio's formation in 2009, HM3 has played many concerts and jazz festivals in both Norway and abroad and they have toured in Europe, Malaysia, Japan and the USA. In reviews of two of the band's albums, All About Jazz critique John Kelman states:

Prizes and honors

 * 2009: Jazztalentprisen for The young jazz talent of the year awarded at Moldejazz
 * 2020: EDVARD-prisen for the album Ekhidna

Hedvig Mollestad Trio

 * 2011: Shoot! (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2013: All of Them Witches (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2014: Enfant Terrible! (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2016: Black Stabat Mater (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2016: Evil In Oslo (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2019: Smells Funny (Rune Grammofon)
 * 2021: Ding Dong. You're Dead. (Rune Grammofon)

Collaborations

 * With The Cumshots
 * 2009: A Life Less Necessary (Rodeostar Records)


 * With Jarle Bernhoft
 * 2010: 1:Man 2:Band (Kikitépe Cassette)


 * With Jon Eberson Group
 * 2011: The Coarse Sand & The Names We Wrote (JEG Records)


 * With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
 * 2011: Migrations (MNJ Records), feat. Øyvind Brække
 * 2022: Maternity Beat (Rune Grammofon)


 * With Hilde Marie Kjersem
 * 2011: Let's Let Go (Brødr. Recordings)


 * With "El Doom & The Born Electric"
 * 2012: El Doom & The Born Electric (Rune Grammofon)