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Showcase Scotland 201025.01.2010  One of 2010’s biggest events for the Norwegian folk music scene is without doubt the upcoming Spotlight Norway at Showcase Scotland in Glasgow.
Unni Boksasp: Stepping it Up, and Overseas.25.01.2010  Jadedness is hardly a problem among the passionate and rooted souls that chose traditional music for a living. But even so, Unni Boksasp is likely to be a little more keyed-up than the rest of the lot at Celtic Connections, a debutant on the international scene as she is.
Valkyrien Allstars: All the Young Dudes22.01.2010  Sometimes music instigates fairytales. Valkyrien Allstars is one such: Three young Norwegian fiddlers see themselves trotting the world, called upon to energize audiences – from Japan to Holland, America to Russia – with the flammable musical brew that is their unique trademark. A blend of Norwegian traditional tunes and popular music in its every guise: Rock, blues, jazz and just about everything else that comes into a young person’s ears. In January they travel to Celtic Connections to demonstrate how the gunpowder works, but before that a tour of Japan is on the rostrum.
The Norwegian folk music scene22.01.2010  In conjunction with the Norwegian focus at Showcase Scotland, we take the opportunity to present a “state-of-the-scene” outline of Norwegian folk. We spoke with two of the field’s key people, Silje Førland Erdal of the Norwegian Traditional Music Agency and Hilde Bjørkum of the Førde Folk Music Festival
Synnøve S. Bjørset22.01.2010  Solo Hardanger fiddle – traditional Norwegian folk music doesn’t get any purer than this. Synnøve S. Bjørset is one of the style’s most vital voices.
Skáidi22.01.2010  Skáidi is a little place in Finmark; the northernmost part of the Norwegian mainland. It is also the name of a remarkable musical duo. Inga Juuso and Steinar Raknes have created a new and powerful framework for the joik, which is the traditional vocal expression of the Sámi people indigenous to this region. One could say Skáidi’s music works as a catalyst for the true essence of the joik; it opens this ancient tradition to the listener by creating a musical context that makes the joik somehow understandable.
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