MultePod presents: First Edition

April 16, 2010

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First Edition It's Multe Music's birthday this week! Today's Multe Music program is a rebroadcast of our very first show from April 18, 2009 – First Edition. As we celebrate the one year anniversary of the show, Ruth Marie shares a variety of music to demonstrate why she is so passionate about Nordic music and cultures. [...]

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The 7+ hour video that more than 1/4 of Norway watched

December 21, 2009

On Friday, 27 November, more than 1.2 million Norwegians watched parts of “Bergensbanen” on the Norwegian television channel,  NRK2. This is an astonishing fact because this means that more than 25% of the country watched this one television show on that one day. What was it?  A production of NRKBeta made to celebrate the 100th birthday [...]

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There's no doubt…this is fearless guitar playing

October 12, 2009

This past weekend, I featured the Norwegian band, Hellbillies, on Multe Music. You can listen to it here. The tune I used to open the show was "Tvil på travbanen (Doubt on the Racetrack)", a tour de force instrumental guitar piece by Lars Håvard Haugen, lead guitarist of the group. Haugen is one of Norway's [...]

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MultePod presents: Røta – The Hellbillies…

October 10, 2009

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Røta – The Hellbillies This show presents a sampling of the music of one of Norway's top bands, the Hellbillies, who come from Ål in Hallingdal, Buskerud province. If you're new to listening to audio online or downloading the shows, here's how to get started. NOTE: The links below are to the Norwegian iTunes store. [...]

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Catching up with my roots

October 5, 2009

It's been a hectic time here at Multe Music. I just finished appearing in a great musical here in Northfield, "Jesse". Then I went straight into a whole series of performances and presentation taking me from western Minnesota (Dawson, Montevideo, Milan, Canby, Mineota) all the way up to Minot, North Dakota where I spent my [...]

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MultePod presents: A Cup of Coffee

October 3, 2009

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A Cup of Coffee This show features tunes about one of the essential beverages in the Nordic countries — coffee! If you're new to listening to audio online or downloading the shows, here's how to get started. This Week's Playlist: // Related Posts:MultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First EditionMultePod presents: What's New?MultePod presents: Farm [...]

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MultePod presents: What's New?

August 29, 2009

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What's new? This show features new additions to the Multe Music library from the last few weeks. If you're new to listening to audio online or downloading the shows, here's how to get started.This Week's Playlist: // Related Posts:MultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First EditionMultePod presents: SvenskarnasdagMultePod presents: Solid as a Rock – Presenting [...]

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Hellbillies: På Ål Stasjon

August 7, 2009

I can never say enough great things about the Norwegian band, Hellbillies. They are, in many ways, the Norwegian equivalent of The Eagles or the Allman Brothers Band — the latter of which was and remains a great inspiration for them. They are called "country rock" but their music goes far beyond that and they [...]

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MultePod presents: Farm Report (rebroadcast)

August 1, 2009

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Farm Report This week's show is a rebroadcast of the May 30, 2009 program, "Farm Report". Ruth Marie shares a variety of music this weeks that celebrates farming and agriculture with music from traditional to jazz, swing, country and rock. // Related Posts:MultePod presents: Farm ReportMultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First EditionMultePod presents: Røta [...]

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MultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)

July 11, 2009

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First Edition In a rebroadcast of Multe Music's opening show, Ruth Marie shares a variety of music to demonstrate why she is so passionate about Nordic music and cultures. What's on the playlist? Waltzes, lullabies, jazzy reggae beats, modern symphonic to a polska beat and a polska with a BEATle surprise. // Related Posts:MultePod presents: [...]

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An appreciative Shout Out to these artists and recording companies…

July 5, 2009

The Multe Music crew would like to thank the following artists / recording companies / distributors for copies of CDs that we've recently received over the last few weeks. Etnisk Musikklubb (Norway) Funi (Iceland) GIGA (Sweden) Kvarts (Norway) Ingebjør Sørbøen (Norway) Nordafjells (Norway) Osterøy Spellmannslag (Norway) Svøbsk (Denmark) Tom Willy Rustad (Norway) Trent Bruner (Canada [...]

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Cornerstone laid for Geilo "Culture Church"

June 26, 2009

This evening, the Geilo community will lay the grunnsteinnedleggelse (foundation stone) for the new "Kulturekyrkje (Cultural Church)", also known as "Kulturkirken". The church will be located in a lower area of the valley where Geilo is located, near the river and central to all of Geilo. It is being built in an ecological and environmentally [...]

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Midsummer in Ål

June 24, 2009

It was a midsummer to remember in Ål as the 2009 NM i Folkemusikk (Norwegian National Championships in Folk Music) began with the first competition and a public dance at the local Folkepark. Well-known Norwegian recording artist Odd Nordstoga opened the evening with a very clever and well-done speech about the historic nature of this [...]

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It's Sankthans / Juhannes / Midsummer!

June 23, 2009

The cultures that seem to appreciate light the most are the ones that go without it for large parts of the year. That is why the summer season is so important for the inhabitants of the Nordic nations. Today, June 23 is Sankthans in Norway — also known as Midsummer / Midsommer / Midtsummer / [...]

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Multe Music is in Norway!

June 18, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Yes, the Multe Music crew has arrived at Gardemoen Airport, taken the airport express train into Oslo and gotten settled in our digs for the evening, Thon Hotel Astoria. And we'll be taking over the blog for the next couple of weeks as we travel in Norway. There's lots going on in [...]

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