Norwegian singer-songwriter Randi Tytingvåg has the power to light up audiences with her music. It is feel-good music in the best sense of the term, with oodles of charm. Tytingvåg's ingredients for her music are many and varied. On her latest album, 'Three,' she highlights in particular her singer-songwriter qualities and draws from the roots of American folk and country music.

Released on the ACT Music sub label Emotion, 'Three' sees Tytingvåg in an acoustic string trio on a new selection of original compositions and covers (including Gillian Welch's "Hard Times" and the standards "Let It Be Me" and "Que Sera Sera"). Although rooted in jazz, Randi Tytingvåg on this album comes across with a folky, singer-songwriter vibe, her lucid vocals (mostly singing in English) perfectly suited to the slow pace of the material.