MultePod presents: Il-LUMI-nating Winter

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Justa a quick reminder that our broadcast time is now Fridays at 1 p.m. CT and Mondays at 7 p.m. CT on air or online at KYMNRadio.net — or anytime here on the Multe Music site.Il-LUMI-nating Winter
The Finnish word for snow, lumi, inspires this program of wintery music.
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The most important way that Nordic artists can use Facebook

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I think I could also have named this posting "The single biggest mistake I see Nordic artists making on Facebook" — but I'd prefer to keep this positive. :-)
It's incredibly simple. Nordic artists should be creatingRelated Posts:MultePod presents: Peaceful EveningMultePod presents: October FrostMultePod presents: JuleevengelietMultePod presents: Strålande JulMultePod presents: NisseDans

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MultePod presents: Juleevengeliet

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Juleevengeliet (Luke 2:1-20)
As a special holiday treat to our listeners, Multe Music is pleased to share with you one special track from the Oslo Gospel Choir's 2002 album, Det skjedde i de dager (And It Came To Pass).
It is the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 1-20, read in the Norwegian [...]

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Create your own Northern Lights

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One of my favorite natural phenomena — the Aurora borealis — is now easily available on the Internet.  I first saw the northern lights during a visit to South Dakota in the fall a number of years ago. They were absolutely stunning!
The first Old Norse account of norðrljós is found in the Norwegian chronicle Konungs [...]

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MultePod presents: October Frost

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October Frost
Although this October in Minnesota has started with snow, we're putting things in the proper order and enjoying songs about October and frost.
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MultePod presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer's Night Dream
An interview with stage director Susan Carlson, tellng the story of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights Dream" through Nordic music.
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This Week's Playlist:Related Posts:MultePod presents: Strålande JulMultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: AmerikaTurMultePod presents: First EditionMultePod [...]

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MultePod presents: AmerikaTur

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AmerikaTur
America in music by Nordic artists to celebrate the USA's Independence Day, July 4th.
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This Week's Playlist:Related Posts:MultePod presents: Summer WeddingMultePod presents: Røvene (The Robbers)MultePod presents: A Midsummer Night's DreamMultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First Edition

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Jenka or polkka? You decide…

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You can run into some interesting things on YouTube…
There's a YouTube user from Russia, orvokki7, who has posted a number of videos of performances by the Karelian/Russian dance company, Ensemble Kantele
Of course, the descriptions for the videos are written in Russian with Cyrillic characters, so I'm at a loss.
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Värttinä's natural diva

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Värttinä is a folk group that has brought Finnish Karelian music to the forefront of the world music scene.
In a 2003 interview, Mari Kaasinen (one of the founders) told how the group began:
We started in 1983. My mother Pirkko taught my sister Sari and I about old Karelian poems. We started by reading these poems, [...]

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Improvising Finnish folk dance

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I recently ran across an interesting YouTube video from a folk music/dance enthusiast in Finland.
It features a "dance jam session" where Finnish dancers were improvising using the polska tradition brought from Sweden and danced in western Finland and the Karelian dance tradition from eastern Finland. The music is traditional. The session took place in Spring [...]

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