SUSANNE LUNDENG ist eine der angesehensten Volksmusikerinnen Norwegens. Sie hat ihre musikalischen Wurzeln in der Volksmusik Nordnorwegens und verfügt über einen unverwechselbaren Klang als Geigerin, Komponistin, Sängerin und musikalischer Freigeist. Mit einem ambivalenten Verhältnis zu dieser Kunstform und den damit verbundenen alten Traditionen hat Susanne ihren Klang im...

1 Sámi juovllat(Sámi Christmas) 2 Giitu buot Du attáldagain (Thank You for all Your Gifts) 3 Stuorámus skeaŋka (The Greatest Gift) 4 O Bassi Idja (O Holy Night) 5 Muohttaga rátnu (Blanket of Snow) 6 Hávski lea eanan (Fairest Lord Jesus) 7 Dál juovlabiellut skájaidit (The Happy Christmas Comes Once More) 8 Vuordit Juovlaruohta (Waiting for Christmas Eve) 9 Mun sakka illudan...

Maria Mohn has a clear and beautiful voice with great expressive power. Her new album offers great dynamic range, with playful and catchy songs and captivating meditative power. Recording the album in Fredrikstad Cathedral has given the music depth and clarity. As arranger, pianist and organist, Maria Mohn has been joined by Dagfinn Klausen. On bass and vocals you hear...

The music from the folk music trio Vrang is delicate and powerful, carefully groomed and feral, with elements from the east, west and north of the globe. It is astounding how a trio with lyre, fiddle, harding fiddle and vocals manages to pull the listener with it to such heights and depths, surprises, idylls and drama with so few and basic instruments. On their new album,...

Hinter den Interpreten Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström verbirgt sich ein neu gegründetes schwedisch/norwegisches Trio, welches sich an Gitarre, Hardanger Fiddle und Klarinette der nordischen Folk Music verschrieben hat. Von Beginn an fand das Trio eine spannende musikalische Ausdrucksweise mit Elementen aus Improvisationen und kontrapunktartigen Harmoniewechseln. Ihr Debüt trägt den...

What’s worse? Owning a bank, or robbing a bank? To find the answer to that, Bertolt Brecht’s poetry may be a useful tool. And a good place to start maybe a brand new music album called ‘Bertolt Brecht’. Here – in the midst of a soundscape of guitar, accordion, saxophone and voices singing in German and Norwegian – Vigdis Hjorth, Norwegian author, presents some distilled...

In addition to his many book publications, the poet Oystein Wingaard Wolf also has a career as a recording artist. Now he is out with a new album he has called "Napoleon Wolf". It contains lush images from European history and contemporary times, painted with a colorful palette of words. He also travels further out into the world, and the 13 soundscapes also contain the...