Molde Cathedral will host both gospel and Daniel Herskedal.

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir consists of, as indicated by the name, members of different religious backgrounds, with no less than 13 different faiths represented in its current lineup. Common to them all however is the joy and cohesion they find in gospel music. The choir has released three albums, and this summer they tour Europe where Moldejazz is the third concert of the tour after playing at Montreux Jazz Festival and in Copenhagen. 

Skruk is a familiar name for the Moldejazz-audiences after multiple performances, the last one to date back in 2007 when they took the stage with Nymark Collective. The choir has been part of some of the festival's most memorable moments, such as the "Hallelujazz" concert with Ytre Suløens Jass-Ensemble in 1982, and the five sold-out concerts when the two again collaborated in 2003. Under the direction of Per Oddvar Hildre, aka. Prots, from the very beginning in 1973, the choir has shifted genre-boundaries and spearheaded Norwegian choir-music. Through they years the choir has found - and been found by - exciting, musical collaborators nationally as well as abroad.

The new collaboration of Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Skruk was formed after Skruk held concerts in California a couple of years ago. Representatives from OIGC heard them perform, and were so excited that they promptly suggested a joint project. The project has now come to life under the name "Røtter" (trans: "Roots"), and is based around the fact that, despite cultural differences between the American and Norwegian west--coasts, we have common spiritual roots. Difference in upbringing, culture and behavior lead to different ways to express onself, which colors the songs musically as well as lyrically. The concert in Molde Cathedral will alternate between the two choirs singing individually, as well as parts where they both sing together. The last is set to be a truly exciting unison, and as "Prots" himself says; "a new musical latte". We have every reason to believe that this "latte" is something the Moldejazz-audience will enjoy, and maybe this will become a new, legendary concert at Moldejazz.