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Albums & EPs

Marte Eberson (Norway) – Free (album)

Reading time: 5 minutes Forget Free Fiona, Free Nelson Mandela and even Free Willy. The time has ...
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Beyond the Music Conference & Festival, Manchester – The Last Supper (opening event)

Reading time: 4 minutes I mentioned earlier this week that I’d be attending this conference, and possibly ...
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We’re taking a little break…

Reading time: < 1 minute NMC is taking a few days off on account of a major ...
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Potpourri 8th October – tracks from Biljana Heights (Denmark) and Andreas Voll (Norway)

Reading time: 4 minutes Two new songs are here in our hastily cobbled together Potpourri section to ...
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Weekend Intermission – Ichiko Aoba (Japan) – meringue doll (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or ...
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Jordsjø (Norway) – Invokasjon (sample track from the album Salighet)

Reading time: 2 minutes It’s Friday night and time for a bit of prog, or more correctly ...
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Siri Neel (Denmark) – I bet you know (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes Siri Neel was featured here a few months ago with the song ‘Disappear’ ...
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Ida Wenøe (Denmark) – Mourning time (track from the album Undersea)

Reading time: 3 minutes ‘Undersea’ is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Ida Wenøe, arriving via Songcrafter ...
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Old Man Blues (Denmark) – Respect (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes Old Man Blues (led by Michael Krogsgaard) was here earlier in the year, ...
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LIVE review – Girl Scout (Sweden) @ Canvas, Manchester, 30 September 2023

Reading time: 3 minutes One of the reasons I decided to give Match of the Day a ...
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Potpourri 30th September – tracks from LYONNE (Denmark), Tinyhawk & Bizzarro (Finland) and The Northern Belle (Norway)

Reading time: 4 minutes So many releases, so little time, so it’s a case of another Potpourri ...
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Carmie (Denmark) – Cigarettes and shots (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Back in June Carmie was singing about ‘Things I no longer do’ as ...
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Norra Ren (Sweden) – Guld (Gold)

Reading time: < 1 minute It’s always good to feature a new band and a new face ...
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Johan Hoffman (Sweden) – Never be afraid (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes Johan Hoffman was here with us last October, with a song, ‘Not safe ...
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Lalou (Denmark) – Make it right (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Mental health is a big issue right now in the music business. Only ...
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Potpourri 23rd September 2023 (releases, from Sofia Hedia, Helena Montgomery and Gienlyd)

Reading time: 3 minutes Back in May we had the first Potpourri when we were overwhelmed with ...
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Conference and music festival preview – Beyond the Music, Manchester UK 11-14 October 2023

Reading time: 3 minutes Billed as a “change making conference and new music festival”, and a “global ...
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Inki (Iceland) – Svífa (Soaring) (single and track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 minutes I reckon we’ll have to make this the last single from Inki’s album ...
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Lisha (Denmark) – Forever (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Lisha, a spawn of Lissie and Kesha? That’s what I thought initially, imagining ...
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In conversation with the remarkable Johanna Brun (Sweden)

Reading time: 11 minutes Nordic Music Central welcomes, to the first interview session we’ve had in quite ...
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