His Majesty the King’s Guard Music Troop (Photo: musikkorps.no) If you ask a random Norwegian to mention one march for marching bands and drill teams, the answer is clear: The Old Hunters March! Without this traditional music piece, the National… Read More ›
Alcohol and all forms of tobacco are banned in the Miniøya festival area. (Photo: Miniøya Festival / Henrik Lindal) Last year, anyone who wanted a cigarette was asked to leave the Miniøya festival area. This year the organizers introduce another initiative… Read More ›
Nidaros Cathedral, interior. (Photo: Einar Faanes/ Wikimedia Commons) During this year’s Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim, a seven-hour long epic music piece will be performed. It is considered so challenging that it has previously been performed only five times. In a secluded… Read More ›
20th anniversary: Norwegian experimental jazz band Jaga Jazzist. (Photo: Dagbladet) The story of Jaga Jazzist started at the 1994 Norwegian Championships in Janissary in Trondheim. During the long bus trip back from band camp, 17-year-old Martin Horntveth and Ivar Christian… Read More ›
In connection with tomorrow’s Urørt (English: Untouched) finale, there will be 24 hours of solely Norwegian music playing on eleven NRK radio channels. – Urørt is important for NRK and Norwegian music industry. If you look at the number of… Read More ›
Legendary: Super Pro GLX drum set by producer Pearl. (Photo: Rockheim / Handout / NTB Tema) A legendary black metal drum kit has finally found its way into the Rockheim Museum collection. The now “retired” drum kit of the brand… Read More ›
Promising: Shotgun Rodeo from Trondheim (Photo: NRK) The acclaimed radio program Pyro on NRK P3 has selected twenty-two promising Norwegian bands they think should get more attention in the coming years. On their websites, they justify the selection as follows:… Read More ›
Our Lady’s Church in Trondheim is the base of NRK’s latest minute-by-minute show. (Photo: NRK) Over two hundred choirs are preparing to perform the Norwegian hymnbook from cover to cover. Starting on Friday 28 November at 12.00 p.m. lasting until… Read More ›
Today, on October 13, ten years have passed since the Giant took his final breath. Among Norwegians, Erik Bye is remembered as one of the most prominent men of all time, and his charismatic appearance is safe kept in the… Read More ›
“…if one were to judge by Aksnes’ fragile, fairytale pop, she doesn’t live in the same world as the rest of us anyway”, MTVIGGY writes. (Aurora Aksnes/ Facebook) “From African hip hop to Chinese punk, from Brazilian baile funk to… Read More ›
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