{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The many facets of Vibeke Saugestad","description":"Not sure what to do with your one precious existence? Good news from the true-life adventures of Vibeke Saugestad: You don\u2019t have to pick one thing.   Best known as a power-pop singer-songwriter, Vibeke is also an accomplished literary translator, multi-instrumentalist, puppet-maker and ventriloquist.   \u201cI don\u2019t stand still for long,\u201d she says in our interview.  Vibeke\u2019s music career started in the early 90s when she was the teenage frontwoman for Weld and other bands. She kept making music for the next 35 years in various groups ranging from the mellow, loungy Thinkerbell to her most recent combo, the hard-driving Vibeke Saugestad Band, featuring an all-star group of Beacon-based musicians. Another local project, The Wynotte Sisters, pairs Vibeke with Sara Milonovich and Daria Grace (both former Beaconites guests).  Outside of her music, Vibeke has built a career as a translator, creating Norwegian versions of English language books, including \u201cJohnny Cash: The Life\u201d by Robert Hillburn and Booker prize-winner \u201cThe Sellout\u201d by Paul Beatty.   It doesn\u2019t stop there. During the pandemic, Vibeke took up ventriloquism and created Punguin, a conceited but adorable animal who spreads joy on Instagram at @the-punguin. (Penguin appears in this interview.) For more episodes and community updates, visit Beaconites.com or contact Zach at zach@beaconites.com. Photo credit: Ken Fox ","author_name":"Beaconites!","author_url":"http:\/\/beaconites.libsyn.com\/website","html":"