Norway

Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Rock 

WATCH: Sturle Dagsland Shares ‘Galdring’

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Dreams and Conjurations, Galdring, Mike Patton, Norway, Sjur Dagsland, Sturle Dagsland

Second album from Norwegian avant-rocker, Dreams and Conjurations, out Oct. 10

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Fusion Heavy Metal jazz 

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Hive Minded

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bees in the Bonnet, Ellen Brekken, Hedvig Mollestad, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Ivor Loe Bjørnstad, Motorpsycho, Norway, Rune Grammofon, Rush, Terje Rypdal

Acclaimed Norwegian jazz metal outfit return with Bees in the Bonnet 

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Art Pop New Wave Pop Rock 

a-ha Finds True North

November 9, 2022January 24, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment A-ha, Legacy Recordings, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, MTV, Norway, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Take On Me, True North

How the seminal ’80s band went above the Arctic Circle to cut their new album

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Art Pop Indie Rock 

Fredrik Saroea: Several Strings Attached

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, BIT20 Ensemble, DATAROCK, Fredrik Saroea, interview, Norway, Rona Diaries: The Chamber Versions Live at the Grieg Hall Bergen, Strings, YAP Records

An interview about chamber music with the man from DATAROCK

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North Americana 

Malin Pettersen: Americana from the Land of the Midnight Sun

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Aaron Goodrich, George Jones, Malin Pettersen, Misa Arriaga, Nashville, Norway, Ryan Keith, Wildhorse

The Norwegian singer and songwriter traveled to Nashville to capture the spirit of George Jones and Billy Sherrill on her new album, Wildhorse

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Comedy Heavy Metal 

Hellfire and Hilarity: Inside The Black Metal Comedy of Witch Taint

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Black Metal, Darkthrone, Dave Hill, Fenriz, Mayhem, Norway, Oslo, Phil Costello, Saihttam, St. Vitus Bar, Wacken, Witch Taint

Dave Hill and Phil Costello channel their inner Saihttam on this wild lampoon of loud rock’s most misunderstood genre

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Heavy Metal jazz 

ALBUMS: Let’s Go Fly A Red Kite

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Norway, RareNoise Records, Red Kite

The Norwegian jazz collective recalibrates the art of jamming

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Experimental Hard Rock jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Scandinavian Skies

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Norway, Rune Grammofon

A conversation with Norwegian riff queen Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

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