Embla and the Karidotters // Die Tankstelle

Giddy up! Embla and the Karidotters make modern, queer outlaw country, inspired by everything from Willie Nelson to Shania Twain. With humor, joy of playing and solid doses of twang, they are ready to turn the country industry on its head in 2026 with their upcoming third album.

Embla and the Karidotters is the band project of Razika drummer Embla Karidotter. After Razika was put on hold, Embla gathered her "Karidotters" from surrounding bands such as Slomosa, Honningbarna, Sløtface and Aiming for Enrike. In the fall of 2022, the debut album Hello, I'm Embla was released, which was awarded the Spellemannprisen for best country album. The follow-up Off Leash was released in 2024 and was once again nominated for the Spellemann in addition to putting E&TK on the map outside of Norway. The band has toured Norway almost continuously for the past two years, in addition to playing festivals abroad such as SXSW (US), Stagecoach (US), Cold Country (DK), SPOT (DK), Live At Heart (SE), Viva Sounds (SE), and Static Roots (DE).

The band enjoys delivering concerts of high artistic quality and makes the audience dance, laugh, and cry. The music is genuine, you get to know Embla's dark humor both during and between songs, and they always end their concerts by line dancing off the stage. Maybe they offer dancing afterwards too?