Reading time: 2 minutesVariant Sea which does actually vary between the seas, flitting between Iceland and Ireland, returns with the duo’s first new song in NMC for over
Reading time: 4 minutesThey just keep on coming. You’d think it was Christmas. Birds are Better (Norway) – Angels of the Snow First off is Norway’s Birds are
Reading time: < 1 minuteWhenever I see a song title like that I think of the horror show that was the 1993 D: REAM song ‘Things can only get
Reading time: 3 minutesBefore we get into this can I make a few observations? If any artist, band or ensemble is doing their own publicity rather than using
Reading time: 2 minutesSo, the ‘Bird’ has flown at last, 10 years after it first made an appearance, fashioned from the pen of a 13-year old; the “little
Reading time: 3 minutesIt surprises me how many musicians in the business contact me directly. In this case it is a Swedish record label, Ninetone, from Sundsvall, up
Reading time: 3 minutesPart two of NMC’s Christmas countdown. First up is The Northern Belle from Norway, with ‘Silver Bows & Bells’, which, as is often the case,
