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by:Larm Oslo Norway - Festival Review 2020

David Bentley

Mar 2, 2020
9 min

by:Larm Oslo Norway - Festival Review 2020

by:Larm is one of several ‘showcase’ festivals held each year along with, for example Eurosonic (Groningen/Netherlands), The Great Escape (Brighton/UK) and (up to a point) Reeperbahn (Hamburg/Germany). Their primary job is to offer the opportunity for rising stars to have their moment (they are limited to 30-minute sets at by:Larm) before their peers, managers, promoters, PR folk, journalists and, most importantly, the general public. Most are from Norway but all the Nordic c

Andy Wors

Sep 21, 2019
1 min

'Spielbergs' - UK TOUR and new single!

We've written about 'Spielbergs' a couple of times since they burst on to the music scene with their pretty wonderful track 'We Are All Going to Die', so we're delighted to remind you that they are currently here in the UK embarking on tour that covers a fair good part of the UK. And they've even released a new single too, entitled 'Running All the Way Home', which came out just a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who haven't come across them, they're a Norwegian Indie Ro

NORDIC MUSIC REVIEW LIVE! Major Parkinson, Jarle Skavhellen and Freyr Flodgren (with thanks to Submi

Andy Wors

Jul 27, 2018
3 min

NORDIC MUSIC REVIEW LIVE! Major Parkinson, Jarle Skavhellen and Freyr Flodgren (with thanks to Submi

If truth be told, I had no idea what to call this post and I've already changed the heading at least 4 times, but we have LIVE UK GIGS to tell you about and we've volunteered to help organise, promote and partially sponsor them - here's how it's happened:.... I guess this post has to start with a brief story of Nordic Music Review, which as we've established before, is all the fault of Moddi. Clearly I'd blame him for Climate Change and Brexit too if I could, but that seems a

NORDIC MUSIC LIVE: MAJOR PARKINSON - LIVE UK CONCERT TOUR!

Andy Wors

Jul 11, 2018
2 min

NORDIC MUSIC LIVE: MAJOR PARKINSON - LIVE UK CONCERT TOUR!

We're delighted to be able to tell you of a magnificent series of UK dates from none other than the extraordinary Major Parkinson. The alternative rock band from Bergen will be bringing their full 7 piece line-up for their first ever UK performances. The full tour, with ticket details, is as follows: Wednesday 26th September: Birmingham, Hare & Hounds: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds/Major-Parkinson/13252508/ Thursday 27th September: Bristol, Ex

Andy Wors

Mar 22, 2018
2 min

'In Deed' - single, video and UK dates!!

We've been meaning to do an update on Swedish band 'In Deed' for a couple of weeks now, because shortly after our review of their album 'Everest' which we published in January we heard news of some UK dates. If you missed our review back then, well they're a band who write infectious and irresistible Indie Pop tracks, with big melodies, and their album has a number of highlights which include the 60's influenced 'Don't Need, Don't Care' and the more folk orientated 'Five Tim

Live: Åkervinda at The Bridewell Theatre, London

Andy Wors

Feb 27, 2018
1 min

Live: Åkervinda at The Bridewell Theatre, London

We haven't had that much spare time to cover live performances in the UK, so we're delighted to give a mention to a series of performances by Åkervinda, the Scandinavian quartet who provide beautiful modern interpretations of traditional folk songs. They will be performing alongside the British Sephardic band Sefiroth. There are 3 performances taking places as part of the Marchland season taking place at the Bridewell Theatre: Thurs 1st March 7:30pm, Fri 2nd March 1:15pm, S

SPECTRA Festival: Great Nordic Music in Aberdeen!

Andy Wors

Jan 22, 2018
2 min

SPECTRA Festival: Great Nordic Music in Aberdeen!

We haven't written quite so much about UK gigs recently, simply because we wanted to concentrate on writing about new music, but we definitely wanted to highlight a really good looking festival which is taking place in the beautiful location of Aberdeen in a few weeks. SPECTRA, Aberdeen's Festival of Lights is now in its 5th year, and has grown from its original pilot year in 2014 when 17,000 people attended to become Aberdeens leading cultural festival. In addition to presen

Live - Siv Jakobsen, Einar Stray, plus Jo Rose and Caoilfhionn Rose

Andy Wors

Apr 8, 2016
3 min

Live - Siv Jakobsen, Einar Stray, plus Jo Rose and Caoilfhionn Rose

I wanted to write a few words about the Siv Jakobsen / Einar Stray / Jo Rose / Caoilfhionn Rose gig at the Castle Hotel Manchester on Tuesday night without it being a formal 'review' as such, I just went along to enjoy it without any thought to writing down set lists or thinking of interesting informative points to make about the performances. Furthermore we’ve covered Siv and Einar (the Nordic artists involved) fairly extensively on the website, and you all probably know our

Andy Wors

Feb 26, 2016
1 min

Von Hertzen Brothers - UK Tour inc the Brooklyn Bowl London!

Given that we like our music that is influenced by a variety of genres, and can’t easily be categorized, it’s a bit of a crime that we’ve never featured the Von Hertzen Brothers before, but we’re going to rectify that ahead of their UK tour which arrives in the UK in.March. Many of you will know them already, but their music is an interesting mix of styles, based around classic rock but undoubtedly showing their Finnish folk influences too, as well as some subtle progressive

Brooklyn Sound Tour - calling Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Bergen...

Andy Wors

Feb 21, 2016
2 min

Brooklyn Sound Tour - calling Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Bergen...

We don’t normally feature tours which take place in Nordic countries – we try and stick to the script and cover UK gigs by Nordic artists. However the up and coming Brooklyn Sound Tour looks so good, and includes a number of bands we really like, that we thought we would give it a mention and then sit back jealously over the fact we can’t come too. And unless our eyes are decieving us, its free entry at all the gigs too.... It starts off in Helsinki at Bar Loose on Tuesday (2

Andy Wors

Dec 14, 2015
3 min

Gold Celeste - LIVE! Old Blue Last

Norwegian outfit Gold Celeste played a midweek gig at the Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, on a dank and dreary December night and by the time the clock struck midnight, had turned the venue on its head with their blissed out golden soulful psych indie sound. Theirs is a musical peg that doesn’t fit easily into any standard holes. Rather, it flows across several borders into the various genres of psych, indie, soul, jazz, pop and even a bit of dream. Which is why their sound fits

LIVE - 'Sara Forslund - when venue and vocals meet in perfect harmony

Andy Wors

Oct 9, 2015
1 min

LIVE - 'Sara Forslund - when venue and vocals meet in perfect harmony

On Thursday 8th October, Liverpool’s haunting Gustav Adolf Church was filled with the equally haunting vocals of Sweden’s Sara Forslund. Accompanied by Cellist Georgina Aasgard, Forslund forewent any sound system for a truly acoustic gig. The high vaulted ceiling of the church and candle-lit altar complemented Forslund’s sound perfectly. The 40 minute set comprised a mixture of songs from Sara’s debut album Water Became Wild and a number of new songs. Cello and voice combi

Andy Wors

Aug 25, 2015
1 min

David Myhr - Live in the UK!

We're delighted to be able to write a few words about 2 up and coming UK dates by the brilliant Swedish songwriter David Myhr, formally of the band 'The Merrymakers' and with an extensive catalogue of great power bliss pop style songs both with his band and as a solo artist. He's teaming up with artist and songwriter colleague Linus of Hollywood for a tour whcih theyre calling the 'Melody and Madness tour 2015'. They're promising an acoustic night of melodic pop, playing song

Andy Wors

Mar 18, 2015
2 min

UK GIG NEWS!

Heres a round up of some of the Nordic UK gigs going on over the next few months. Please check individual websites for more details and to check dates: Firstly don’t forget that Kristian Harting, Danish singer songwriter arrives in the UK next week for a series of dates in Manchester and London, and we’ll hope to catch him at one of the gigs. Check out our ‘FEATURES’ page for more info on him. Two Icelandic artists, M-Band and Good Moon Deer arrive for a short tour next week,

Andy Wors

Jan 26, 2015
3 min

UK Gig News - Rökkurró, Mew, Team Me

Here’s the latest UK Gig News…. Please check Artist or Venue links for exact dates in case somethings changed, ticket info, or in case we’ve made an error… Firstly news that we missed previously, excellent Icelandic band Rökkurró, arrive for 3 dates, Monday 2nd Feb in Bristol, and then Coventry on the 3rd and the Seabright Arms in London on the 4th February. Their excellent album Innra was released in October, and these gigs are highly recommended if you can get to them. Emil

Andy Wors

Nov 14, 2014
2 min

Moddi LIVE 'Castle Hotel Manchester'

'Come in, come in'..... a small blond haired gentleman is ushering us into a tiny room at the Castle Hotel, as if he was welcoming us into his Living Room. But before he even makes us a cup of tea or offers us cake, hes bounding to the stage whilst chattering to all around him. This is Moddi, Norwegian song writer from the Island of Senja, and its clear hes not the silent contemplative type - he introduces himself before he starts, and then manages 5 words before mentionin