We featured Danish band Kindsight last year, the 1st band from outside of Sweden to appear on the indie label Rama Lama, and their brand...

'Devils Please Be Gone' is the first new music in nearly five years from Finnish band Black Twig and is a taster for their forthcoming...

I have to be honest and say that some artist and band names don’t do it for me. Two quick examples from the UK – Beans on Toast and The...

I’m really genuinely excited for tomorrow, and not just because National Bagel Day and National Hat Day both fall on a Friday this year. ...

It’s very kind of Swedish label Rama Lama to sneak out a release early on a Wednesday, when this Friday is going to be such a hectic day...

Gaeya (Sandra Zackrisson) is a Swedish ‘World Beat’ artist who turned up here with two singles last year. I included one of them in my...

We’ll try and get a short feature on the first new Nordic album we’ve spotted being released in 2021 later, but a quick mention to a new...

I’m wondering if it’s possible to cover 50 different countries across the year through our Non Nordic Sunday features. I certainly don’t...

We wrote about Swedish songwriter TOVE just as things were starting to get pretty bad in April last year. At the time she’d just released...

We’re starting to spot some brand new 2021 releases coming through, and have a good collection to choose from tomorrow. Norwegian band...

Sanna Martinez doesn’t really sound Swedish but she is. She has gained a reputation as a writer or co-writer of numerous songs, including...

Every year I aim to cover more post rock influenced music, maybe this year I’ll manage to achieve that, and a new release by Norwegian...

Normally when we do these features it is to showcase a new single or an album track but this one more in the way of a featured artist....

The 2nd instalment of our Singles of the Year (here's the 1st from David) takes us to all the Nordic nations and has a healthy mix of...

I’m guessing this is probably going to be my last proper ‘new release’ of the year, and I should probably finish on a sad song, but I’ll...

Imagine tuning in to one of those Top if the Pops 2 specials which seem to take up much of BBC4’s airtime just now, one that focuses on...

One bleak, cold, dark Sunday afternoon in late November Marte Eberson looked out of her Oslo window to a depressing scene that’s very...

They certainly get around. And live dangerously. Previous songs have been conceived during an eerie night-time drive from Vienna to...

I’m a little behind on this one, if truth be told, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me given everything gets so busy leading up to Christmas,...

Back in July we reviewed some songs generated by The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, an initiative of journalist Ian Urbina, and which arose...