Rag'n'Bone Man

Once again, the Notodden Blues Festival manages to surprise by pulling a major artist out of the hat for this year's bill. He will close a fierce day on the main stage that also includes Little Feat, Mavis Staples, Hellbillies, The September When and JJ Grey & Mofro. Rag 'n' Bone Man, with his successful mix of blues, soul and hip-hop, will be doing his only concert in Norway this summer at Notodden. 

"It is fantastic to be able to announce Rag 'n' Bone Man as the last big signing for this year's festival. An already insanely good program has now become even better. "If there's one concert experience you should treat yourself to this summer, it's standing and singing along to Rag 'n' Bone Man's big hit songs "Human", "Skin" and "Giant" until the roof lifts in the concert tent Hovigs Hangar in Notodden on Saturday, August 2nd," recommends general manager of Notodden Blues Festival Halvor Sælebakke.

“The tent was packed and the singing rang out during the concert with Rag ‘n’ Bone Man last year. The British soul star was undoubtedly the big talk after the festival in 2024. Still, there were many who didn’t make it, but who would have liked to have been there. Now they get another chance. Rag ‘n’ Bone Man has only become an even bigger star since last time. Moreover, I felt that we were missing an artist with a clear young appeal. Now that is also in place. I am happy! This will definitely be one of the biggest festival moments of the festival season,” says a happy artistic director of Notodden Blues Festival Jostein Forsberg.

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man is the artist who in record time went from being an unknown blues artist to becoming one of the biggest stars in the international soul and pop sky. Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s real name is Rory Charles Graham. He was introduced to blues music through his father’s record collection. Through that, he was influenced by artists such as John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. He also debuted with the blues album "Bluestown" in 2012.

Blues has always been close to Rory Charles Graham's heart, but with the release of the song "Human" in 2016, it really took off and his career took off with record sales and streaming in the millions. TV appearances and prestigious festival appearances followed closely in the wake of the success. The song "Human" has passed one billion streams on Spotify alone, and the songs "Giant" and "Skin" have 710 million and 369 million streams on Spotify, respectively. In addition, there are plays on all other digital streaming platforms. The multi-platinum selling and multi-Brit Award-winning British soul and vocal phenomenon Rag 'N' Bone Man is one of the headliners who will create a public celebration during the big big festival Saturday in Bluesbyen. You should definitely not miss this exclusive Norwegian concert with the popular soul-inspired singer with the big voice at Notodden.