Pål Hausken and
In The Country (Photo by Thomas Bjørndahl)
Hausken was a music student at the
Norwegian Academy of Music when he together with fellow students
Morten Qvenild and
Roger Arntzen initiated the band
In The Country. Here he play a central role as drummer and with five releases this is the most productive of his projects. At the Umea Jazz Festival 2012 they received brilliant critiques and followed up with the fifth album Sunset Sunrise in 2013.[3]
Honors
2004: Jazzintro Newcomer Award at
Moldejazz, with in the Country
2012: "Independent Music Awards" with in the Country, for their latest full length art concert film
Discography
Central projects
In The Country
2005: This Was The Pace of My Heartbeat (
Rune Grammofon)