Reading time: 3 minutesReaders might recall that for quite some time I have been championing a brand new venue in Oldham, Greater Manchester – ‘The Loom’ – as
Reading time: 2 minutesA slightly unusual one tonight as the Nordic countries (especially Sweden) start their summer break, which lasts six weeks or more and means precious few
Reading time: < 1 minuteWe rarely feature a cover, or a tribute band, in these pages but I’m prepared to make exceptions and one of the reasons for them
Reading time: 2 minutesFrom the dark, ethereal heart of Oslo Tulle heads remorselessly towards her debut album, due at the end of the year, an event I hope
Reading time: < 1 minuteThe golden voiced Valerie Melina (Elin Tirén Vilhelmson) from northern Sweden returns with ‘Released from Reality’, and with a darker, more electro pop sound than
Reading time: 2 minutes(Johan) Israelson was previously here almost two years ago, with a song, ‘Brother’ and again with a video made by Mina Oldmark, whom we acknowledged
Reading time: < 1 minuteIt’s a while since we had some genuine full-bloodied Nordicana in NMC, that meeting place where traditional American country music rubs shoulders with Scandinavian melancholy.
