Norwegian music
This Year’s Christmas Song
Hanging from my Ikea CD towers is the latest Christmas CD from the Micronomicon label, Christmas Postmas, which...
Talking with the Center of the Universe about Poetry
Here's the story. Back in May 2008, I publicized a DJ set that a friend an I were...
All Places, Infinite Time
Hi - I have a personal message for North readers at the end of this blog entry. But...
We Celebrated No Music Day
Yes, No Music Day came around on 21 November (this past weekend) and we put on an event...
Stayin’ Alive with Masselys in Berlin
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'! I was in Berlin for a whirlwind overdrive week in late...
Dacianos in Skien
(click for closeup) On 4 October I took my third trip this year to Skien with the Sound...
Blather North Podcast #2: Nødhavn
The scenario: Blather North's roving and raving reporter, Barry Kavanagh, attends a party at Mir in Oslo for...
Is there a ‘Norwegian sound’?
One of the things this blog has been is an introduction to Norwegian music for the unwary. But...
Musikkfest Oslo and Other Adventures (with poetic licence)
I One June night, a tram-track threw me from my bicycle A guitar-playing hand reduced to impotent rage!...