The most important way that Nordic artists can use Facebook

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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.I think I could also have named this posting "The single biggest mistake I see Nordic artists making on Facebook" [...]

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A 10-minute chronology of ABBA

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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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MultePod presents: Røta – The Hellbillies…

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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. If you do [...]

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MultePod presents: Sunde-afternoon

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Sunde-afternoon
Enjoy the versatility of one of Norway's guitar masters, Øystein Sunde!
If you're new to listening to audio online or downloading the shows, here's how to get started.
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Will Universal's boo-boo be an a-ha moment?

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The Norwegian group, a-ha, recently experienced a bit of a "technical error" as their record company announced the debut of the group's new album on June 15.
a-ha is:

Morten Harket
Magne Furuholmen
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Best known for their 1985 single, "Take on Me", they have enjoyed continued success since then with eight albums. Their newest effort, Foot of the [...]

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Metallica's Ulrich says Norwegian metal better for torture

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Earlier this month, Metallica's Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich commented on the USA military's reported use of Metallica music as a torture device — and suggested that they might want to take a more Nordic approach.
Ulrich claims that the music of Scandinavian metal bands might be more appropriate.
It all seems so bizarre and so [...]

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100 Best Icelandic Pop and Rock Albums – Streaming!

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Iceland — and, no, it really isn't as cold as it looks to the right.
I've been there. It's a great place to go!
And now the people of the oldest democracy in Europe iare democratically sharing its pop and rock music.
The site Tonlist.is is now providing a stream of the 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums [...]

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Apocalyptica: Enter Sandman (live)

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Let's start the week with some headbanging!
I first wrote about Finnish cello metal band, Apocalyptica, back in October.
Most, if not all, of the group graduated from of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland where the band began when they started getting together to play covers of Metallica songs.
One thing led to another: doing other metal [...]

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Dollie de Luxe: Under snø (Under Snow)

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Snow, snow, snow.
Found this video of the 1980s Norwegian group, Dollie de Luxe. The group was known at the time for their attempts mix classical, pop and rock.
This clip is from a Norwegian National Broadcasting telecast. The host first shows a clip of the group from 1987 and then interviews them a bit and they [...]

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Do you still play banjo?

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Scandinavian Music Group (or SMG) has answered that question reflectively in their song, "Do I Still Play Banjo?"
This video, which was at least partially filmed in the USA, reflects the wistfulness of the song.
The group, which formed out of another Finnish band, Ultra Bra, describes itself on the band's MySpace page as folk rock / country [...]

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Apocalyptica: Finnish cello-metal masters

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I was doing some YouTube surfing for Nordic music and came across a Finnish group called Apocalyptica. They label themselves — I kid you not — a "cello metal band", part of the cello rock genre.
I studied cello when I was a young girl. I love the sonorous tones and resonance.  I've always been a [...]

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Folque: Dansevise

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Folque was a Norwegian group that came into being because of the influence of British folk rock groups such as Fairport Convention and Pentangle. Some consider Folque the most influential Norwegian folk-rock band of its era.
I have a number of Folque recordings, some of which I share on the show from time to time. [...]

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Dollie de Luxe: Queen of the Night / Satisfaction

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There are women who have made entire careers out of being able to sing "Der Hölle Rache", the Queen of the Night's tour de force aria from Mozart's The Magic Flute. If you can consistently and accurately hit those high Fs, you're usually going to be in demand.
So what does this have to do with [...]

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