Tag: music

Tougher times for street musicians

Traveling street musicians who've played on the streets of Oslo for years have been having a tougher time earning any money this summer. They're...

Jazz community mourns Kapstad

Norway's jazz community has been paying tribute this past week to pianist and composer Egil Kapstad, who died on July 13 after what his family...

Show-biz ‘godfather’ mourned

Norway's entertainment and music world was mourning the loss this week of composer and producer Egil Monn-Iversen, also known as the "godfather" and "sphinx" of...

‘Intimate’ a-ha concert sold out quickly

Hard-core fans of the Norwegian pop group a-ha didn't seem to mind paying NOK 4,000 for a ticket to sit in on what's billed as...

New conflict hits the Norwegian Opera

Disharmony at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet has now risen to fever pitch, after its brand-new music director, Karl-Heinz Steffens, announced that he's already decided to leave...

Stavanger band warms up for Metallica

As thousands of metal music fans stream back into Oslo this week for the annual Inferno festival, always held during the Easter holidays, one of...

‘Bylarm’ festival comes of age

Norway's annual Bylarm music festival and conference was getting underway on Thursday for the 20th time, now at its home base in Oslo. It's evolved...

Crew serenaded Paul Simon on Hurtigruten voyage

Legendary US singer Paul Simon took a holiday voyage on board one of Norway's famed Hurtigruten coastal vessels last week, the Trollfjord. The crew ended up...

Marcus & Martinus win ‘artists of the year’ award

They did it again: The teenage duo from a small town in north-central Norway won the country's annual Spellemann prize as artists of the...

Marcus & Martinus set another record

Two teenage twins from a small town in north-central Norway have been making and breaking records since they started singing and dancing as children....
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