Music from Norway – Morten Harket // Pop

Morten Harket, born in 1959, is a norwegian musician best known as lead singer of A-ha. Here’s his great song “Brother“:

Music from Norway – Madrugada // Alternative rock

Madrugada was a Norwegian alternative rock band from Stokmarknes, formed in 1993. Madrugada is portuguese and spanish and means ‘early morning’. Have a listen to their great single “This old House”:

After discovering this band one month ago, they became one of my favourites this autumn!

Music from Norway – DJ Broiler

DJ Broiler is a Norwegian DJ duo from Drammen. Listen to their great single “Vannski”, a #1 hit in Norway in 2013:

Music from Norway – Anders Nilsen

Anders Nilsen is a Norwegian singer, producer and comedian. The song “Salsa Tequila” is the result of it: a dance beat within some non-sens made up a #1 hit! As he says himself he doesn’t speak spanish – he just mixes different words. Very nice one, with a great cover potential!

An official Dutch parody:

And a Sander Hoogendoorn cover:

Music from Norway – Jenny`s Vision Project

About one year ago, Jenny`s Vision Project contacted us.  They are a pop ballad music project from Norway, started in 1991. But they went different paths and Øivind Kristian Stavik invested in a home studio in 2012. Today I found their old post and saw that they released many new songs. Listen to their nice piece “The Last Good Kiss”:

Listen to their nice song “The Greatest Faith with vocals” too!

Music from Norway – Norwegian Recycling

This is already the 3rd Norwegian Recycling song. They are a fun and mashup band from Norway best known for their song compilations. Listen to their great song “9 Songs To Save The World”:

Music from Norway – Norwegian Recycling

Norwegian Recycling is a fun and mashup band from Norway. Listen to their great song “8 Become 1”:

Music from Norway – Flunk

Flunk is a band from Norway, an can be situated in  the field of electronic music. Flunk rely especially on quieter sounds and can be associated to downbeat music .

Here is their song “cigarette burns”

Music from Norway – Rebecca Karijord

Rebekka Karijord, born 19 November 1976 in Sandnessjøen, is a Norwegian born, Stockholm, Sweden-based musician and composer. After creating music for over 30 films, Karijord recordedThe Noble Art of Letting Go released to the UK and Europe. Afterwards, she went on tours to Scandinavia and Europe. There were also song placements on BBC and ABC Television, and the world touring nouveau cirque Cirkus Cirkör performance Wear it Like a Crown being based upon Rebekkas song of the same title. (wikipedia)

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”