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Julian Lähdesmäki (Finland) – Part One (single/future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutes The latest addition to the excellent Finnish Soliti label comes in the form ...
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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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GLIMTVIS (Denmark) – Weren’t we just dancing (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes I like intelligent, thought-provoking pop. That’s why I featured GLIMTVIS’ previous single back ...
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Mildfire (Norway/Germany) – Drinking salt water (single/track from forthcoming EP)

Reading time: < 1 minute I rambled on last time, when they released their debut single, about ...
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Nordic Music Central Spotify Playlist #15, June – September 2023

Reading time: 3 minutes Cripes! As Billy Bunter used to say, we haven’t had a Spotify Playlist ...
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Elin Lyth & Daniel Östersjö (Sweden) – Love comes along (single/track from Nordic Source Vol.2)

Reading time: 2 minutes It’s Saturday night and time for a touch of class, allied to nostalgia. ...
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Tiergarten (Norway) – Lulu (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 minutes After running the rule over Tiergarten’s second album ‘Bluemass’ last year I reached ...
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Echo Ladies (Sweden) – Fabrik (sample track from recent album Lilies)

Reading time: 3 minutes Naming themselves partly after the drum machine from one of their favourite bands, ...
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Birds are Better (Norway) – The Loop (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal) is dropping one song a month from his ...
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