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

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.On Friday, 27 November, more than 1.2 million Norwegians watched parts of “Bergensbanen” on the Norwegian television channel, NRK2. This [...]

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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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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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Norway's answer to "Red Green"

Some of you may be familiar with the Canadian comedy series, The Red Green Show, which is shown on a number of USA public television stations. The show is basically a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows.
Now, a Norwegian version of "Red Green" has surfaced in this year's holiday commercials for the Clas Ohlson [...]

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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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An electric Leksands skanklåt

Over the last few years, I've made a real effort to get to know more about the folk rock and progressive rock scene in the Nordic countries, particularly in the 1970s. There was some great music coming out at that time.
Kebnekajse was one of the best known Swedish bands of that period. Some classify [...]

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A thousand thoughts about Triakel…

When the Multe Music crew was in Norway, we received an invitation to go to a concert by the Swedish group, Triakel, at the wonderful cultural heritage farm in Sør-Fron, Rudi Gard. Alas, it wasn't to be…
Triakel is a group well worth experiencing live. The name has a couple of meanings. There are three members [...]

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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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The Only Image Of My Father

Journeyman.TV has made a number of excellent documentaries available. "The Only Image of My Father" is a compelling, personal journey of a woman into her Så¡mi roots.
Monika has never met her father. She knows only that his face was once on a Swedish stamp and that he was a Sami reindeer man, an indigenous Scandinavian. [...]

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The Colbert Report – MOVITS!

It's not often that I can say I'm ahead of Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, but in the case of MOVITS! — I can. I had already planned to feature a tune on an upcoming Multe Music show/podcast. You can be sure there'll be one this Saturday!
MOVITS! is a swing/hip-hop/jazz band from Sweden. [...]

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MOVITS!: Fel del av gården

MOVITS! is an unusual combination — a swing/hip-hop/jazz band from Sweden. I found out about them while doing some research on Swedish music and ran across their MySpace page and their YouTube channel.
It's unusual — and fun — music. The lyrics are fast paced (as you would expect with hip-hop) and seem to capture a [...]

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The farmer seeks a wife…

This week the theme for Multe Music on Saturday will be "Farm Report" and we'll feature interesting — and fun — tunes about farming and farming life. There will be tunes based on manuscripts from the Middle Ages and modern songs.
Here's one great example of a recent release, "Bonde söker fru (Farmer seeking [...]

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Herdswoman

In 2008, Journeyman.tv released a 58-minute documentary on the lives of Så¡mi women involved in hearding reindeer.
We encounter three Sami women of different generations and their lives with the reindeer herds. Their thoughts, dreams and memories show their view of lifes essential values. When a court case questions their ancient rights to reindeer pasture [...]

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Norway wins Eurovision — with a folk twist!

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 record breaking [...]

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Eurovision goes (un)traditional Norwegian

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 are two [...]

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