Richard Gjems is a Norwegian  singer, guitarist and harmonica player specializing in traditional blues. He has been a prolific musician on the Norwegian blues scene since the late 1990s, and played on numerous records and contributed to many movie soundtracks. 

Richard has shared stage and recorded with artists such as Carlos del Junco, Mark Hummel, Mitch Kashmar, Rusty Zinn, Bill Sims, Taildragger, Big Bill Morganfield, Big Joe Louis, Kid Ramos, Kid Andersen, Gary Smith, Nick Curran and Gary Primich.

Richard has been a Seydel harmonica endorser since 2009.

The YouTube Sessions 2020/21 
"Everything That’s Entertainment Records ever released is rooted in the blues and we are immensely proud to finally have the chance to release the real deal. Richard Gjems has been around a long time and he’s played on countless records and soundtracks  since the 1990s. When Stu Manx managed to get Richard to lay down some ultra cool blues harp tracks on a couple of songs on the DANG!!! – Sociopathfinder album, I was knocked out completely. I decided it was time for Richard to do a solo album. During the Corona pandemic in 2020-21 Richard delivered videos regularly throughout the period on his YouTube channel, and I suggested making an album out of these recordings. Richard liked the idea and here is the result: The YouTube Sessions 2020/21. Barbones vocals, guitar, mandolin and harmonica. All songs performed live in his living room and recorded on his smartphone. As Richard so humbly describes himself: "A middle-aged man playing blues in the Anthropocene. Nothing more and nothing less. Standing on the shoulders of giants who lived under systematic repression and institutionalized racism. The blues is the truth. Always." Word!"

Arne Thelin, That's Entertainment Records