Education
Hailing from Nittedal, Bernhoft attended Rud Upper Secondary School in Bærum where he joined the musical scene.
singer songwriter jazz musician
Hailing from Nittedal, Bernhoft attended Rud Upper Secondary School in Bærum where he joined the musical scene.
Bernhoft is from Nittedal in Norway. He lived in New York from 2014 until the summer of 2015 but has since moved back to Oslo. His best known songs are "Streetlights", "Shout" (a Tears for Fears cover), "Choices", "C"mon Talk" and "Stay With Maine".
He has also been in a number of bands, notably Explicit Lyrics and Spanish
In June 2014 he appeared for the first time at the Glastonbury Festival and was featured by British Broadcasting Corporation One in a special performance of his song "Wind You Up." His nomination is remarkable, as he was the first non-American artist to have been nominated in the 20 year-history of this United States-dominated category. In a response to his nomination, Bernhoft stated that "Grammy has spoken.
I make Rhythm & Blues music" in Explicit Lyrics Within a span of three years, the band released three albums, Fleshpulse (1996), Flow (1997) and Lipshave (1998). Spanish After the breakup of Explicit Lyrics, Bernhoft, a vocalist and songwriter, and guitarist Nilsen joined drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and bassist Vemund Stavnes to form the band Spanish
After two EPs, Baby"s Come Back (2002) and Foundation (2003), SPAN had two successful albums, Mass Distraction (2004) and Versus
(2005). The band broke up in 2005. Other collabrations Bernhoft has contributed on a number of recordings and concerts with mostly Norwegian artists, such as Hanne Hukkelberg, Dadafon, Bigbang and The Køhn/Johansen Sextet.
He also played in the band Green Granadas using the stage name Rod Hot.
He released his first solo album Ceramik City Chronicles on 1 September 2008. In January 2010 Bernhoft released a double live album called 1:Manitoba 2:Band, where one half is a recording from his solo show at a jazz café in Oslo (Kampen Bistro), and the other half is a recording from his concerts in Rockefeller and Molde Jazz Festival with a full band. His second solo album, Solidarity Breaks, was released the next year in January 2011.
lieutenant topped the VG-lista. the Norwegian Chart for a total of seven weeks (in July, August and September 2011).
The album was credited to Bern/hoft rather than his full name Jarle Bernhoft. He was also credited as Bern/hoft in his 2014 follow-up album Islanders that also topped the VG-lista chart in May 2014.
In September 2011, Bernhoft appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after producers of the show found his video on YouTube. While on the show he played his song "C"mon Talk".
In July 2013, and again in June 2014, he was featured as a musical guest on "Conan" on Turner Broadcasting System.
Jarle Bernhoft, alongside Fridtjof "Joff" Nilsen, were members of Explicit Lyrics.