Ravi
Ravi on stage in 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Ivar Christian Johansen
Born	(1976-04-28) 28 April 1976 (age 47) Tønsberg, Norway
Genres	Vocals, keyboards, trumpet
Years active	1994–present

Ivar Christian Johansen (born 28 April 1976 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian popular artist, musician (vocals, keyboards and trumpet), composer, journalist and program manager (NRK and TV2 Norway), known under the pseudonym Ravi (his first name backwards).^[1]

Career

Ravi writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv. He played in the bands like Briskeby, Folk & Røvere, Jessica Fletchers and was a founding member of Jaga Jazzist (1994-2001).^[1]

Ravi covered the song "Cheerio", originally sung by The Monroes, and renamed it Tsjeriåu/Tsjeriå. In the music video, he appears as a baby and DJ Løv is dressed as a Marine.^[2]

Ravi has also appeared in "Venn" ("Friend") by Espen Lind and Lene Marlin, which was made to raise money for tsunami victims.^[2]

Ravi has released many albums, in his own "Ravi language", he writes things phonetically, e.g. "cheerio" = "tsjeriåu", "kroppen min" (my body) = kråpn min, and "it's too late to cry" = "its tu leit tu krai".

Some of his other known songs are "Utadæsjælåplevelse", "E-Ore", "Ås To I Osjlo" and "Dødsøt".

In 2007, 2008 and 2009 he was the host of the show "Landeplage" on NRK.^[3]

Discography

Solo albums

• Kjøpr Gitar (Sony BMG, 2006)^[2]

As sideman

• Jeans for Onassis (2000) with Briskeby
• Bagateller (Voices Music & Entertainment, 2002) with Folk & Røvere
• Lekr Butik (Nok Records, 2004), Ravi & DJ Løv
• Den Nye Arbæidsdagn (Sony BMG, 2005), Ravi & DJ Løv