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MultePod presents: Bridge of Peace

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Welcome to Multe Music! If you're new to listening to audio online, here's how to get started, so check it out and then pick a show and listen! You can also hear the show "live" on Fridays at 1 p.m. CT and Mondays at 7 p.m. CT on air or online at KYMNRadio.net.Bridge of [...]

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MultePod presents: A View Of Norwegian-Americans

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A view of Norwegian-Americans
An interview with Karoline, a Norwegian researching Norwegian-Americans, and music she has chosen to share.
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The most important way that Nordic artists can use Facebook

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. :-)
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Peder and the Ulv

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On New Year's Day my local PBS station showed the stop-animation (also known as model animation) film Peter and the Wolf and I had the pleasure of watching it in HD. Wow!
And then I discovered that it has a Scandinavian connection. The special effects shots in the film were done by Storm Studio, based in Oslo, Norway.

The [...]

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Can I borrow your bunad?

This morning, one of my Twitter contacts posted the following:
Trying to get my hands on a Norwegian national costume for a hardingfele performance in January; it's not looking good…
It occurred to me that this would be a good opportunity to share part of a December 2006 posting I made on a listserv for people interested [...]

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What is a bunad?

In the Nordic countries, there is no one single "national costume" that represents the entire country, so using the term "national costume" is incorrect. It is more accurate to refer to these outfits as "regional" costumes. The Danes use the word folkedragter or something similar. I think Swedes use folkdräkter. Finns probably use a word with [...]

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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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MultePod presents: Strålande Jul

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Strålande Jul
A special two-hour, commercial-free Multe Music with songs of a radiant Christmas.
The complete show is available for download NOW on the Multe Music iTunes feed or on our archives/downloads page.
The show will be broadcast online and on air at KYMNRadio.net on Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24) from 7-9 p.m. and again on Christmas Day [...]

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

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 of Bergensbanen [...]

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MultePod presents: NisseDans

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NisseDans
Music about the holiday gift-bringers of the Nordic cultures.
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A new take on an old carol

Norwegian National Broadcasting (NRK) has just released a video of the traditional Norwegian Christmas carol, "Det lyser i stille grender (The Lights In The Peaceful Villages)".

It's done by a group called "Julemorgen" as part of the NRK children's series, Super, and their "Jul i Svingen (Christmas in Full Swing)". I think the video – and the [...]

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A train in the night…

In one of the very first postings on Multe Music, I wrote about a tune written by Norwegian fiddler Sturla Eide, "Tog i natta (A Train In The Night)", that was inspired by a visit to our fair town of Northfield, Minnesota.
Recently Eide put a video (in HD, no less) of one of his performances [...]

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MultePod presents: Lucia Light

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Lucia Light
Celebrating the importance of light during wintertime and the Swedish celebration of St. Lucia.
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Celebrating light

This Sunday is a special day — especially for Swedes. It is the feast day of Saint Lucy, known as Santa Lucia in Swedish and Santa Lucia in Italian. The day is not only celebrated in Sweden. Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway also mark the day.
The day is a celebration of light in the midst [...]

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Reisen til Julestjernen (The Journey to the Christmas Star)

One of Norway's most beloved holiday films is called "Reisen til Julestjernen (The Journey to the Christmas Star)". Released in 1976, it is now often played on Norwegian TV on Christmas Eve.
"Julestjernen" has a couple of meanings. It refers to the Christmas star that shown over Bethlehem. It also means the star that traditionally tops [...]

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