Best Western Swing med Bjørn Tomren, Stian Carstensen & Ola Kvernberg

In 2025, Stjernekamp winner Bjørn Tomren and Best Western Swing come together to create magic at Moldejazz. Get ready for a unique experience featuring vocal Americana classics, instrumental "lactic acid tunes," throat singing, yodeling, and much more.

Best Western Swing is a group of five musicians united by their love of western swing, "horse jazz," "bebop," and other rural expressions of jazz-infused dance music from the American South (inspired by the likes of Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West, and Hank Garland). In a broader sense, one might call it "instrumental electric Americana."

BWS (far from being orthodox museum curators) is led by Asle Røe, originally from Otrøya in Molde municipality, but with 12 years of experience as a professional guitarist in Houston, Texas. Joining him are 60 % of Farmers Market: Stian Carstensen on steel guitar and accordion, Finn Guttormsen on bass, and Jarle Vespestad on drums, along with guitarist Staffan William-Olsson from The Real Thing. Total number of strings: 36.