Music from the US – Slayer – RIP Jeff Hannemann (guitar )

Jeff Hannemann , guitarist of the Trash-Metal band “Slayer “(California)  died yesterday due to liver failure  at the age of 49 .

Music from Norway – Wardruna

Wardruna is a musical project based on Nordic spiritualism and the runes of the Elder Futhark. It was started by Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik in 2003, along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella.

The project began in 2003 and has since released two albums, each based on a set of runes. There are plans to release at least one more disc, based on eight more of the runes.(wikipedia)

The video shows  the way to Bergen (Hordaland, Norway) , here is their song “Algir-Stien Klarnar”

 

Music from Canada – Austra

Austra is a three-man Canadian New Wave band founded  in 2010 around  the Toronto Latvian-Canadian singer-songwriter Katie Stelmanis. The band’s name refers to the goddess of light in Latvian mythology.

Here is her song “Home”

Music from the US – DulceSky

DulceSky is an US-american alternative rock and indie band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Listen to their dreamy song “Life as we knew”:

Music from Greece – Tango with Lions

Tango with Lions is an acoustic, pop and indie group from Athens. Listen to their nice song “Sad Big Blue Eyes”:

Music from the UK – Fad Gadget

Francis John “Frank” Tovey, known also by his stage name Fad Gadget (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), was a British avant-garde electronicmusician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both New Wave and early industrial music.

Here is his song Fireside Favourites from the album with the same name

and the single “Collapsing new people ” a project with collabration of the german band “Einstürzende Neubauten”

Music from Australia – Vance Joy

Vance Joy is a folk pop musician from Australia, best known for his nice voice. Listen to his great summer song “Riptide”: