Euro-visions (rebroadcast)

May 21, 2010

Today's Multe Music program is a rebroadcast of the June 26, 2009 show, Euro-visions, celebrating all the Nordic winners of the legendary Eurovision Song Contest — which was hosted in 2010 in Oslo, Norway because Alexander Rybak and FRIKAR won the competition in 2009. // Related Posts:Just go and get a beerPizza-kastNorway wins Eurovision — [...]

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A 10-minute chronology of ABBA

November 20, 2009

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 [...]

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Just go and get a beer

October 16, 2009

It's Friday — and that might mean Happy Hour for some. So here's "Bare Går Og Tar En Øl (Just Go And Get A Beer)", a 2009 release from the Norwegian band, Ole Ivars. Ole Ivars is a dansband, meaning tjat they play a type of music that is pop oriented but with what we [...]

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Pizza-kast

September 4, 2009

And in our final entry for this week's "halling-fest"… Apparently some Norwegians prefer their pizza without peppers. The Norwegian pizza brand, Grandiosa, has made a commercial in the style of a American Idol-like competion about their new pizza "without peppers (paprika)". What they call "paprika" is what we in the USA would call "sweet red [...]

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MultePod presents: Euro-visions (rebroadcast)

August 27, 2009

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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: [...]

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MultePod presents: Euro-visions

June 27, 2009

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Celebrating all the Nordic winners of the legendary Eurovision Song Contest. 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: Euro-visions (rebroadcast)A recap of Nordic Eurovision winnersMultePod presents: First Edition (rebroadcast)MultePod presents: First EditionMultePod presents: Mother Earth

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The Simpsons go Norse

May 19, 2009

I thought that this past weekend couldn't get any better. Alexander Rybak and FRIKAR winning Eurovision 2009 on May 16 Norway's national day, Syttende Mai on May 17 I was wrong. It's been positively Norgasmic!! This weekend, The Simpsons television show season finale, "Coming to Homerica", featured a storyline with Norwegians (Ogdenvillians) and was a tribute [...]

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Norway wins Eurovision — with a folk twist!

May 18, 2009

They did it! It's truly a "Fairytale"! Even TIME Magazine is reporting the news. Alexander Rybak and the guys from FRIKAR, representing Norway, won the famed Eurovision contest — with no contest! — and on the eve of Norway's biggest national holiday, the 17th of May (Constitution Day / Syttende Mai). In fact, the entry was [...]

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Eurovision goes (un)traditional Norwegian

May 6, 2009

Eurovision 2009 will begin soon — and despite reading and re-reading the Wikipedia entry on it, I still can't even begin to tell you how this song contest works! Nevertheless, it is one of the longest running TV program in the world and millions of people watch it and vote for their favorite song. There [...]

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Class A Hallingspringar

April 30, 2009

Each region of Norway has its own style of rosemaling, its own bunad — and its own music and dance. These help to support the "dialect" of the region and make each region distinct from one another. Here we have a great video of the dance called Hallingspringar — the springar (spring dance) from Hallingdal. [...]

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Metal goes to church in Finland

April 15, 2009

A Lutheran pastor and congregation in Lapua, Finland –40 miles north of Helsinki — have developed a worship service using metal rock music, Metallimessu / "Metal Mass". From the beginning, the services have been packed, attracting worshippers of all ages. More than 1,000 people attended the service filmed for the video below. An AFP press [...]

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Norwegian halling dance heads to Eurovision 2009!

February 24, 2009

Alexander Rybak, a rising pop star / musician, has won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix — the song competition that chooses Norway's representative to the annual Eurovision contest — with his original composition, Fairytale. I had already reported on Rybak/Frikar's semi-final win in a previous post. The finals were held at the Oslo Spektrum on [...]

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Laus — on the way to Eurovision 2009?

February 16, 2009

Countries all over Europe are currenty involved in their national competitions that will choose the performers that will represent them at the Eurovision 2009 contest. Last week,Norway's competition — Melodi Gran Prix — held its semi-finals. A new pop star, Alexander Rybak, won with his tune "Fairytale". He performed the tune backed by members of [...]

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The Blacksheeps win MGP Nordic 2008

December 3, 2008

A young Norwegian band, The Blacksheeps, has won the Melodi Grand Prix Nordic 2008. The band members are currently 14-15 years old and advanced to MGP Nordic after winning the Norwegian preliminary round, Melodi Grand Prix Junior. The band is from Nesseby (known in Northern Sami as Unjarga) in Finnmark province in northern Norway. Nesseby's [...]

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ABBA's Last Song

October 29, 2008

In 1974, four Swedes won the Eurovision Song Contest with a little tune called "Waterloo". To celebrate the 30th anniversary of that accomplishment, ABBA released a video in 2004 called "Last Song". It's a fun video that includes cameos by a number of recognized artists such as Stellan Skarsgård (who was later to be one [...]

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