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MultePod presents: Bridge of Peace

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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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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. :-)
It's incredibly simple. Nordic artists should be creatingRelated Posts:MultePod presents: Peaceful EveningMultePod presents: October FrostMultePod presents: JuleevengelietMultePod presents: Strålande JulMultePod presents: NisseDans

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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: Peaceful Evening

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Peaceful Evening
As the holiday season is upon us and December 10th is the date when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, today's broadcast "Peaceful Evening" — just another way to translate one of the most famous Christmas songs ever — features songs of and about peace.
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MultePod presents: Adventsalm

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Adventsalm
Highlighting selections for Advent from the Christmas albums we recommended to and were featured in the December 2009 Sons of Norway Viking Magazine. For the complete list, see yesterday's posting.
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EVENT: Finnskogpols Workshops, April 16-19, 2010

Skandia Folkdance Society has announed that this year's Springdans Northwest dance and music workshops (April 16-19, 2010) will feature the Finnskogpols (Polsdans from Finnskoga) taught by Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen and Veslemøy Nordset from Norway. Originating in the border area between Sweden and Norway, this dance is embraced by Swedes and Norwegians alike — as [...]

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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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Winners of Nord09: Nordic Masters in Folk Music

Nord09: Nordiska mästerskapen i folkmusik (The Nordic Masters in Folk Music) is now in its second year and is attracting top folk and traditional music talents from all over the Nordic nations.
This year the competition was held November 13-15 a Sälens Högfjällshotell in Dalarna, Sweden. The competitors ranged in age from 4-81 and a wide [...]

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Vélkomne med æra

Here is an excellent example of traditional folk music being used in modern symphonic music.
This is a 1969 archive recording of "Vélkomne med æra"("Welcome with Honour"), taken from "Hundrad Hardingtonar", a collection of Norwegian folk songs adapted and arranged by the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt (1908-81).
The music starts at 1:14 after an introduction by Tveitt [...]

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Calling 'til the cows come home

I love cow calls.
I have recordings of more than 50 different Nordic calls in my archives, most of them from Norway and Sweden. Even Edvard Grieg wrote a piece based on a cow call. I sometimes get questions about them, but I've never seen a video that had one.
Until now.

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MultePod presents: Destination: Gudbrandsdal, Part 1

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Destination: Gudbrandsdal, Part 1
Highlighting the music of Norway's largest valley, Gudbrandsdal.
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Lighting a fire with traditional Danish music

I enjoy finding ways in which traditional music is being used in nontraditional ways.
Nordenfra is a Nordic dance performance group based in Hjortshøj, Denmark. They describe themselves as:
a modern Danish dance theatre with the feet planted in the Nordic soil.
…We work on the shoulders of the modern avant-garde tradition but have [...]

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How Norwegian folk music influenced a blockbuster soundtrack

Did you know that an old, traditional Norwegian hymn was an inspiration and one of the influences for the soundtrack of James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic?
Composer James Horner had heard a recording of Norwegian singer, Sissel Kyrkjebø, singing "Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (I Know In The Heavenly Kingdom There Is A Stronghold)" . [...]

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Astri Mi Astri…from folk song to Amazon.com

Over the years, I've met lots of people involved in preserving the heritage of the Nordic cultures in interesting ways.
One of those is Deb Nelson Gourley, who runs Astri My Astri Publishing. If you've ever met and talked to Deb — attired in her beautiful Hallingdal festbunad at a festival, such as Norsk Høstfest, or [...]

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