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Ida Wenøe - 'Värmeland' (Single) + UK Tour!

Andy Wors

Feb 3, 2020
2 min

Ida Wenøe - 'Värmeland' (Single) + UK Tour!

We don't normally write about single releases that we've already covered as part of an album review, but we're more than happy to make an exception for Ida Wenøe, Her album 'The Things We Don't Know Yet' was one of our favourite releases from 2019, and it's an album I'll never let go - reaching for it in particular when I'm alone and want something to consume the house completely. And her release of 'Värmeland' links in nicely with a UK tour too, starting in less than 4 week

Andy Wors

Jan 30, 2020
1 min

Siv Jakobsen - 'Fear the Fear' (single)

We try to mix things up as much as possible by featuring artists both new and old to Nordic Music Review, and we're particularly delighted to write once again about Siv Jakobsen, who's music I remember so distinctly listening to on our launch night way back in 2014. Since then we've followed her progress carefully, from the release of her EP 'The Lingering' to her debut album, as well as UK tour dates and her new single 'Fear the Fear' is the 1st glimpse of a new album, which

Album of the Week: Ida Wenøe - 'The Things We Don't Know Yet'

Andy Wors

Apr 30, 2019
4 min

Album of the Week: Ida Wenøe - 'The Things We Don't Know Yet'

Regular readers will be used to delays to our album reviews, normally caused by constraints of time and general hapless disorganisation, however sometimes writing about albums which are that little bit special simply take a bit longer. And Ida Wenøe's album 'The Things We Don't Know Yet' isn't the type of album that anyone can really take in after one listen, because there's so many lovely subtle details in both the music and the lyrics that will take that bit longer to under

Introducing... 'Jonas Källstrand' with track 'Dynamite'

Andy Wors

Mar 15, 2019
1 min

Introducing... 'Jonas Källstrand' with track 'Dynamite'

Sometimes it's not the actual music or melodies that I'm drawn to, but rather the stories that an artist tells, and the lyrics that they write. And that's definitely the case with Swedish songwriter 'Jonas Källstrand', who's music is based around the older traditions of folk musicians where tales (and sometimes even myths) were passed down through their music and words. So Källstrand is from Gothenburg, and there are a few tracks he's released in the last couple of years to b

'Loyal Liar' - 'For the Sharks That Roam Below' (album)

Andy Wors

Jan 26, 2019
2 min

'Loyal Liar' - 'For the Sharks That Roam Below' (album)

The number of Nordic album releases in our diary for February and March is pretty extraordinary, and we know for each one on our list, there's probably another 3 or 4 waiting to be discovered. One release which slipped out at the beginning of the year was from the lo-fi Swedish / Austrian folk duo 'Loyal Liar' (consisting of Albin Andersson and Hanna Magdalena Gödl), and the intriguingly titled 'For the Sharks That Roam Below' is a quietly charming album which doesn't clamou

Introducing... 'Folke Nikanor' and track 'Under Stenarna (Below the stones)'

Andy Wors

Oct 15, 2018
2 min

Introducing... 'Folke Nikanor' and track 'Under Stenarna (Below the stones)'

So we'll move straight on from 'Abist' to another release which has a classical foundation, but this time takes influences from the county of Norbotten, its forests and the local people, with melodic based music which includes folk, classical and jazz references. 'Folke Nikanor' is the musician who hails from this northern part of Sweden, and his new release 'Under Stenarna (Below the stones)' is the first from an up and coming album entitled 'Bottenviken', which I'm already

Introducing...'Tim Mattsing' with track 'At First There's Nothing' (from the alb

Andy Wors

Jun 29, 2018
2 min

Introducing...'Tim Mattsing' with track 'At First There's Nothing' (from the alb

Well we said we'd bring you 4 folk influenced artists today, and maybe we'll sneak in a bonus 5th one if we have chance - admittedly there's been somewhat of a Swedish bias to our selections today, so maybe we need to find a new Danish or Finnish songwriter to write about. And after featuring an artist (Bolivar) with a wide range of influences, I'm pleased to be able to write about an artist with a more traditional folk background, 'Tim Mattsing'. So 'Tim Mattsing' is from

'Ludvig the Band' with track 'Descendant'

Andy Wors

May 11, 2018
2 min

'Ludvig the Band' with track 'Descendant'

Apologies for the slight delay on posts for a few days, sometimes stuff gets in the way of writing about lovely music, I wish it didn't, but it does. But we're back with 'vengeance' today, and after being able to announce earlier the amazing news about our collaboration with Major Parkinson and their debut UK gigs, we can now also tell you about the most lovely of tracks from a new name to Nordic Music Review, 'Ludvig the Band'. 'Ludvig the Band' (and I particularly love the

Marthe Halvorsen - 'All Is in the Seed' (Album)

Andy Wors

Apr 19, 2018
3 min

Marthe Halvorsen - 'All Is in the Seed' (Album)

I've touched on this subject before, but sometimes music becomes synonymous with a time in your life, an event, even a journey or a holiday. And I'll always remember Marthe Halvorsen's album 'All In the Seed' as it arrived at a time when I really needed some help, with some long car journeys to deal with and too much time to contemplate family illness issues. In a strange selfish way I've almost not wanted to share it with anyone - maybe even in the way in which a child will

Andy Wors

Mar 16, 2018
3 min

Stíne Norse - 'The Whale' EP

I need you all to do me a favour. I realise our lives are all pretty busy, we rush from one appointment to another, from work to social engagements, family errands, we fill the gaps with social media obsessions and 24 hour news. But we don't ask for much at Nordic Music Review, no subscriptions, no adverts to pollute your vision (erm... yet), but we're asking just for one thing today. Just be still for 16 minutes. Feel free to make yourself a cup of tea (or if it's after 8pm

Natalie Beabella - single ' Cold Winter' (feat Emilia Amper)

Andy Wors

Mar 8, 2018
1 min

Natalie Beabella - single ' Cold Winter' (feat Emilia Amper)

We like to feature contrasts in musical styles, so after the blistering guitars from Norways 'Speilbergs' yesterday it feels only right that we should switch momentum completely to an artist from a very different musical background. Natalie Beabella is Argentinian born, moving to Sweden 15 years ago, and the musicians she has working with her are a transatlantic collection of talent and influences. Her new track 'Cold Winter' is a folk ballad that uses 2 traditional folk inst

Teodor Holmqvist - new single 'Lend Me A Hand'

Andy Wors

Feb 27, 2018
2 min

Teodor Holmqvist - new single 'Lend Me A Hand'

After the sounds of Nicky William, we're delighted to drop in a track from a songwriter who has a more traditional folk sound and voice, even if clearly he has indie singer songwriter influences too. Teodor Holmqvist resides in the beautiful looking Swedish city of Umeå (although I guess all Swedish cities look beautiful to me), and his latest single is entitled 'Lend Me A Hand', the 1st track from his 2nd EP which is due over the next few months. It was slightly remiss of us

Ingvild Koksvik - 'Songs from the Deepest Sea' EP

Andy Wors

Feb 12, 2018
2 min

Ingvild Koksvik - 'Songs from the Deepest Sea' EP

Albeit a few days later than planned, we're delighted to be able to write about a lovely release from another artist that we haven't featured previously. Ingvild Koksvik is a Norwegian singer songwriter who hails from the town of Farsund in the South West of Norway, another beautiful location that not surprisingly is able to inspire music which has a real depth to it. Her latest release is “Songs From the Deepest Sea”, 3 tracks which are English translations from her last ful

Andy Wors

Jan 30, 2018
1 min

reSouza with debut single 'Your Melody'

Barely a week goes by without us mentioning an artist from Bergen, which remains a city apparently packed full of talented musicians, and constantly reminding me that I need to visit there at some point. The latest singer songwriter that we're delighted to feature is the Norwegian / Brazilian artist reSouza, who has just released her debut single 'Your Melody', a pre-cursor to an EP release which is planned for March. 'reSouza' has only played her first concert under that nam

Andy Wors

Jan 11, 2018
2 min

Heikki Rasilo - 'Before I'm Covered' EP

The aim of this site was always supposed to be to cover more Album and EP releases than singles / videos where possible, and we do want to remain true to that in 2018. We've always been happy to cover releases that we missed from previous releases too, so we have no hesitation in covering Finnish born singer songwriter Heikki Rasilo's EP from last year entitled 'Before I'm Covered'. I think, firstly, this is a great contrast to our first feature of the year, the huge alterna