New Nordic: Volume 4
Døssi, Astrid S, Girl in Red, Sandra Kolstad, Pom Poko, Jan Eggum, Aron Dahl, Kaizers Orchestra, Skalldyrfestivalen and Malakoff Rock Festival feature in today's roundup.
Welcome to New Nordic: Volume 4 where I bring you updates about some of the brilliant music happening right now in the Norwegian and Scandi scene.
Take a look too at my new In The Spotlight feature which will be taking a closer look at artists and bands from the region. Our first artist highlight comes from Maud.
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New music out at midnight tonight from Døssi (Ingrid Døssland) with the release of her latest single forsvant (Disappeared). She describes it as being “… a song about feelings, over thinking and being widowed by the time we had and which is now past.”
Astrid S (Astrid Smeplass) and Moray musician Calum Jones have been announced for this year’s Skalldyrfestivalen in Mandal from Thursday 8 to Sunday 9 August, where around 60,000 people expected to visit across this year’s event. Astrid has just released a new single, First To Go, available now.
Girl in Red (Marie Ulven Ringheim) has added a date at Glasgow Barrowland on Wednesday 28 August to her European tour with tickets for the public sale going live on Friday. Pre-sales are already live.
Sandra Kolstad will release her long awaited new album Soft Hard on Friday but with a twist for those who have grown fond of her electronic creations, as she goes full circle with a return to piano. Produced in collaboration with Yngve Sætre, Kongsberg singer Hanne Hukkelberg, the Danish pop artist Asbjørn Terkelsen, and Erlend Mokkelbost, it is released on Nordic Records and includes the previously released tracks Unlearning and Things.
Oslo-based post punk outfit Pom Poko will be playing at The Caves in Edinburgh next month when they support Personal Trainer on Sunday 21 April. Tickets available here.
The Engegård Quartet from Lofoten will be playing a series of classical concerts on tour from this month, including stops at Mellerstain House near Kelso in the Borders on Thursday 18 April and Nairn on Saturday 20 April. The ensemble are touring with six dates in the UK, and BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert on Friday 26 April.
Oslo songwriter Aron Dahl is returning with a collection of songs diving deeper into themes of sexuality, suffering and healing, with the first single ‘Lock & Key’ out on Friday 15 March. His debut album, Loosening Orion's Belt, released under the name Danielle Dahl, earned an award from The Danish Arts Council as Most Innovative Album of the Year. The new single is available as a pre-save now.
Kaizers Orchestra will play Malakoff Rock Festival alongside Aurora and The War On Drugs. It takes place on 19 and 20 July.
Norwegian favourite Jan Eggum has also been added to the line up for this year’s Berganfest. The 72 year old will open Saturday’s event, playing from a back catalogue stretching all the way to 1975.
And if circular fashion is your thing, check out this year’s Tise Awards finalists including Sigrid, Anna of the North and Amanda Delara among others.
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