Tag: music

Festival summer hot and challenging

Norway's summer music festival season was reaching its crescendo this week. From "OverOslo" in June to the country's largest festival "Øya," which opens this...

Marathon music marked Grieg gala

Norway's most famous composer, Edvard Grieg, was being celebrated on the 175th anniversary of his birth Friday with a marathon program on Norwegian Broadcasting...

Nesbø recovering at local hospital

Jo Nesbø, Norway's multi-talented artist and best-selling author, had to be admitted to a local hospital this week following an "acute illness." It forced...

‘Norwegian Wood’ festival cancelled

Norway's traditional but troubled music festival "Norwegian Wood" has been cancelled this year, after an attempt to revive it stranded because of poor ticket...

Tono reports Tidal to the police

Songwriters are fuming and the organization charged with taking care of their rights has now gone to the police, filing a formal complaint over...

Rybak takes his loss with a smile

At least Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) won't have to spend as much as NOK 150 million producing and hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year....

Tidal has some explaining to do

Static is rising around the music-streaming platform Tidal, after Oslo-based newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) reported in detail this week about how Tidal seems to...

Rybak takes Norway to Eurovision final

Norwegian musician Alexander Rybak made it into the last batch of 10 finalists who'll be competing in Saturday's annual Eurovision Song Contest. Rybak won...

Sigrid sang for 3 million Americans

A 21-year-old singer from Norway's scenic coastal town of Aalesund, who simply calls herself "Sigrid," scored a sanding ovation Tuesday night on the US's...

‘Musical ambassadors’ head for Oslo

The Norwegian Military Tattoo will get underway for the 14th time this weekend, when Norway's defense department will be welcoming marching bands and other...
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