
Bellefolie (Norway) – Tiny Lullaby (single)
Reading time: 2 minutesBellefolie puts aside her/its occasionally slightly manic ‘beautiful madness’ for this song in order to record a touching one to small children and babies that

Reading time: 2 minutesBellefolie puts aside her/its occasionally slightly manic ‘beautiful madness’ for this song in order to record a touching one to small children and babies that

Reading time: 4 minutesIs it six years ago that I first saw Pom Poko? Where did that time go? I do recall that it was during the Reeperbahn

Reading time: 2 minutesIf someone asked me which of the five Nordic countries is the ‘rockiest’ (musically not financially!) right now I’d probably have to say Denmark. Here

Reading time: 2 minutesIt isn’t often that you can say genuinely that a song is vocally led, while at the same time acknowledging the contribution of the musicianship.

Reading time: 2 minutesAs it happens I’m reading, for the second time, the Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason’s creepy Second World War crime novel The Shadow District. It deals

Reading time: 2 minutesBack from holiday and I’m finally getting my head around the Danish language. Of course, ‘Ekstranummer’ would be ‘extra number’ in English or just plain

Reading time: 3 minutesTaking some time out, so a couple of quick reviews to tide you over until later. Ask Carol (Norway) – Wind in my hair (single)