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MultePod presents: Fine Tune, Part 1

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Fine Tune, Part 1
Ruth Marie is joined by the host of KYMN's Fine Tune, Wendy Nordquist, for the first of a two-part broadcast showcasing Nordic interpretations of tunes familiar to North American audiences.
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Turning pop into polska

I've always said that a hallmark of a truly great melody is that it can cross genres.
I recently came across this fun example of turning a Swedish pop song into a Swedish polska.

The tune is "Ring Ring", an ABBA tune off of their album of the same name (when the group was known as "Björn [...]

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MultePod presents: RomJul

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RomJul
Music for Romjul — the period between Christmas and New Year.
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Playlist:Related Posts:MultePod presents: Strålande JulMultePod presents: Peaceful EveningMultePod presents: AdventsalmMultePod presents: NisseDansMultePod presents: Euro-visions (rebroadcast)

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Celebrating a Scandinavian composer's birthday

Today is the birthday of one of Scandinavia's most celebrated and well-known composers. His works have been heard in almost every country in the world. Do you know who it is?
I don't want to spoil the surprise, so enjoy this two-and-a-half minute clip of a selection of the composer's works played on piano [...]

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A 10-minute chronology of ABBA

Sometimes folks produce some really impressive work on YouTube. One user spent eight months putting together a chronology of sound clips from more than 100 songs released by ABBA during their career.
If you think you "know" ABBA, you may want to think again — and give this video a listen. I was really surprised at [...]

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Four Swedes say C'est la vie…

The British comedy team of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (aka French & Saunders) provide us with another stunning parody for a laugh on a Friday.

This time they perform a very ABBA-esque song titled "C'est La Vie" and poke fun at the four Swedes. The song itself — not to [...]

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A doctoral dissertation on ABBA

No, I'm not going to write it. Someone already has.
It's called "Compositional procedures in the songs of ABBA".
Philip Hauenstein was a Cambridge doctoral student when he wrote the dissertation. He says,
Basically, I was interested to know what made a good tune.

In this video clip from a 1993 TV show called "A for ABBA", [...]

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Best. Movie. Parody. Ever.

The British comedy of Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French have regularly produced various parodies over the years. This time they have really outdone themselves.
They produced a two part segment for the British " Red Nose Day" (the UK equivalent of Comic Relief) — a parody of "trailers" for the movie, Mamma Mia!
Unfortunately, [...]

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MultePod presents: Euro-visions (rebroadcast)

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Euro-visions
Today's Multe Music program is a rebroadcast of the June, 27, 2009 show, Euro-visions, with a great review of some of the top Nordic hits from one of the world's longest running television programs and music contests – Eurovision!Related Posts:MultePod presents: Euro-visionsA recap of Nordic Eurovision winnersMultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First EditionMultePod presents: [...]

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The real story of Dancing Queen

OK, I'll admit it. I wasn't a big ABBA fan back then.
But now I'm older and wiser and understand that ABBA was group of incredible talents that could perform diverse styles with ease. And there is no doubt that the songwriting team of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus wrote some masterfull tunes.
One of [...]

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Mamma Mia — What an interview!

I recently came across excellent videos with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus made just prior to the opening of the Swedish production of Mamma Mia! at Cirkus in Stockholm.
The interviews are done in Swedish with English language subtitles. The interview with Andersson and Ulvaeaus is interspersed with interviews of others involved [...]

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MultePod presents: Euro-visions

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Euro-visions
Celebrating all the Nordic winners of the legendary Eurovision Song Contest.
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Hootenanny Singers: Gabrielle

In 1964, a group called the Hootenanny Singers had a big hit with the song "Gabrielle". They recorded the song in a number of languages (Swedish, German, Dutch and English).
Here's a charming foray into early 1960s Swedish music. This is the English language version.
And that cherub faced guitarist next to the bass? That's Björn Ulvaeus. [...]

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Tages: Get Up And Get Going

During the heyday of 1960 Swedish pop music, two of the well-known bands were the Hep Stars and Hootenanny Singers.
The Hep Stars had Benny Andersson and the Hootenanny Singers had Björn Ulvaeus — both of whom joined together later to form a little group called ABBA.
Probably the biggest rival band to the Hep Stars was [...]

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ABBA: Gammal Fäbodpsalm + Voulez Vous

This week on Multe Music, we'll be talking about transhumance or the seasonal migration of people and flocks (cows, goats, sheep, etc.) from the lowlands to high mountain pastures. The Wikipedia entry about transhumance gives specific information about Scandinavia, among other regions:
In Scandinavia, transhumance is still practised, although arrival of motorized vehicles has changed [...]

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