Southern Girls consists of Helga Hægeland, Nina Munksgaard and Lene Tønnessen. We all live in Kristiansand, in southern Norway, where we have been active in the local music milieu. All three of us have released CD’s individually, and we have also performed as backing singers and soloists in numerous concerts and recordings. Four years ago, we formed a trio, and quickly gained a loyal and enthusiastic following, giving concerts and performing at festivals around Norway. We also recorded a few singles that received national airplay in Norway. This is our first CD as a trio. This has been an exciting cooperation with our producer, John Beland. He has been in Norway twice to supervise recording sessions. First in November 2012, then in June 2013. He is known all over the world as a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers, but he has also worked with many famous artists, including Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristoffersen, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and Waylon Jennings. We were greatly honored when he travelled all the way from Texas in order to attend our release concert in Kristiansand on September 27th this year. This is a country-rock CD. Lene has written three new songs, and John Beland contributes four. It has been exciting and rewarding to have worked together on this music. We sing a lot of harmonies, and our vocals become more attuned as time goes by. We always have a great time performing together. We have also included some of the most professional and well-known musicians in our region on our team. This group contributes with professional performances in our concerts and on this recording. We hope that this CD will convey to the listeners our own joy for music. We love performing together. If you enjoy listening to it, please recommend it to family and friends. We are convinced that you are in for a big surprise. The feedback we have received thus far is overwhelming. The CD has been recorded both in Norway and in the United States. John Beland has worked with backing arrangements in Texas, vocals have been added in Norway, Frank Basil has recorded the drums in California, and the mastering was done by Bill Douglas in Colorado. To make music together on different continents is not as challenging as it once was. The CD is called “A Little Bit Of This - A Little Bit Of That”.