Abduction

The Red Barn is a quartet that weaves together threads from jazz, folk music, and Americana. The band consists of some of the region’s busiest and most creative musicians, now united under the same barn roof. The project began with a shared love for the intersection between jazz and Americana, and has been simmering for quite some time.

With backgrounds in jazz, folk music, and Americana, the band creates a unique and captivating sound that appeals to a wide audience. Built on listener‑friendly compositions, the musicians quickly found common ground and shaped a musical expression marked by playfulness, patience, and a strong focus on developing the core musical idea.

The band consists of Kåre Opheim, Toivo Fjose, Mathias Marstrander, and Aksel Røed. The members of The Red Barn are involved in numerous other musical projects and collaborate with acclaimed artists and bands such as Sigrid Moldestad, The Real Ones, Treverket, GPO, Spidergawd, Havene, Espen Horne & Athletic Unit, Toivo Quintet, Terje Isungset, and many more. Each of the four musicians brings their own versatile expression and a wealth of diverse experience to the ensemble.

After a year of glowing international reviews for their debut album The Red Barn, the quartet returns with a new album in 2026—this time a collaborative project with vocalist Bjørn Tomren. The result is a musical meeting where jazz, Americana, space‑country, and folk music merge into an intimate and exciting sound. In the meeting between Tomren’s distinctive vocal universe and The Red Barn’s open, organic sonic landscape, an expression emerges that is playful, raw, and vulnerable.