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Simon Alexander (Sweden) – Freeloaders (single/track from forthcoming EP
Reading time: 2 minutes I could hardly resist a track called ‘Freeloaders’ – it is of course something I have been accused of being on more than one occasion, …
Marte Eberson (Norway) – White Birds (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 4 minutes A week ago Marte Eberson was playing piano for the celebrated Ane Brun on Norwegian TV, in particular the Cyndi Lauper song ‘True Colours’, which …
Introducing Fjöll (Iceland) – Honest Man (single)
Reading time: 3 minutes Fjöll have an intriguing back story but have not featured here previously as most of their songs are in lcelandic, which must be one of …
News – Manchester music conference and festival might suit Nordic country artists and bands
Reading time: 2 minutes There is a new music conference/festival in Manchester, UK this year called ‘Beyond the Music’, 11th-14th October. https://beyondthemusic.co.uk/ It seems to be a variation on …
Nattefrost (Denmark) and Toril Snyen (Norway/Sweden) – So do I (single)
Reading time: 3 minutes It’ a funny thing the English language, isn’t it? When I read the press release email that Toril Snyen sent me I couldn’t understand this …
Mary Anne’s Polar Rig (Sweden) – Som en Dröm (single/track from album released 24th March
Reading time: 2 minutes Unfortunately, I can’t justifiably spend half a day or so on Mary Anne’s Polar Rig’s new (and second) album ‘Makes you wonder’ with so many …
News – We’re in Feedspot’s ‘Top Manchester music blogs’
Reading time: < 1 minutes I’m delighted to report that we feature in the Top 15 Manchester music blogs (and there are a lot of them) as compiled by the …
Captain Gone (Norway) – Berlin (single)
Reading time: 3 minutes The Captain is gone. Long live the Captain. Its seven years since Captain Gone last released any music, which is about as long as I’ve …
PIKES (Sweden) – Play (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes PIKES (Christoffer Ling) has been here a couple of times now but I’m more than happy to give him another run because his style fascinates …
Stella Explorer (Sweden) – Club Atlantis (single/track from forthcoming EP + video)
Reading time: 2 minutes I’ve been tracking Stella Explorer since I saw her perform at a showcase festival three years ago. Her debut EP, ‘Dorkay House’, which is the …
