Nordic Music Central

Out of Northern Norway comes the extraordinary voice of Rosie Maribell (Grønvoll), a singer-songwriter currently based in Oslo, which must be as different as central London and the Scottish Highlands.

Rosie Maribell is a dedicated advocate for her Arctic home region, about which she sings here in her local dialect.

And why not? I’m sure it...

A Minor Project is exactly what it says on the tin – “a couple of musicians from Denmark that have played together in another constellation for years” seeking a little variety. I hope it isn’t too far away and that they can make it here in at least a few light years because I like what I hear and it would be good to see them live.

They started

It’s not unusual to be assailed by ‘muzak’ or wallpaper music or whatever you want to call it these days. You know, the sort of thing you hear while going up and down the escalator in the out of town shopping mall; pleasant enough, keeps you feeling happy and wanting to buy goods, but not particularly desirous of acquiring the music itself.

But that isn’t how it tur...

Sibille Attar’s ‘Slow Down’ isn’t a doctor’s order because she’s been overdoing it down at the gym and then partying until dawn.

Rather it’s a message to herself and/or others to take stock of the fact that lurve is really just pain in disguise and that it will bite you eventually. So you’d better find some mitigating factors to control it ...

I had a cassette recorder when I was a kid and I was the only one on the block that did. I used to record albums with it and we’d play them in my minivan as in-car entertainment as we drove to see (usually) prog rock bands around the country. We didn’t bother on the way back as our ears would still be ringing from an 110dB or more assault.

Daring and ahead of its ti...