Reading time: 9 minutesAgnes Obel, delicate powerhouse of a musician, sits at her end of our video call, hair still a little wet, thrown around, a voice huskier
Reading time: 2 minutesThere’s quite a lot to unpack with this single, which is the debut collaborative one by Swedish alternative folk/pop artist Ester Idalia (Ester Widstam), who
Reading time: 2 minutesIt sounds like an order barked out by US Secretary for War Pete Hegseth but is in fact this year’s Christmas song from Northern Assembly,
Reading time: 2 minutesWeekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or band not from the Nordic countries, just to mix things up a
Reading time: < 1 minute28-minute album ‘Imagine Life’ from Finland’s Detalji enters the gates with its heart on its sleeve, pulsating electronica and muscular vocals almost providing a confrontation
Reading time: < 1 minuteEmma Pilgaard’s smooth and succulent tones, all delivered in precise, impressive English, at times bring to mind Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and other well-known figures.
Reading time: 2 minutesI don’t think we’ve ever had a song with a smoky New Orleans flavour to it, something that has jumped out of a bar somewhere
