KCRW 89.9 in LA is sponsoring Nicolai Dunger's show at The Echo on July 19 and will also feature him performing live on the program 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' with Nic Harcourt on July 20 from 9am to 12pm Pacific.

I dunno why I wasn't clued into this before, but that new self-titled from A Taste of Ra on Häpna is actually Swedish singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger working under a different name. I guess if I had actually heard any of it, it would've been quite clear. Anyhow, you can find out more info here: http://www.hapna.com/H23.html

New North American tourdates for Nicolai Dunger:

07/08 - Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB (solo)
07/09 - Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB (solo)
07/10 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
07/11 - Hi Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
07/12 - Schuba¹s, Chicago, IL
07/13 - Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo, MI
07/14 - The Horseshoe, Toronto, ON
07/15 - tba, Montreal, QC
07/16 - Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
07/17 - Joe¹s Pub, New York, NY (2 shows)
07/19 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
07/20 - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA (solo)
07/22 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR (solo)
07/23 - Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA (solo)

All dates with full band unless specified otherwise.

Frida Hyvönen
Until death comes
Licking Fingers

After all the Scandinavian male singer/songwriters bombarding us in the last few years with their often boring drivel, it's refreshing to hear a girl release an album that turns all of those Kristofer Åström, Nicolai Dunger, and Sondre Lerche albums into dust. My favourite song here, at the moment, is "Once I was a serene teenaged child" which starts with the "did she just sing that word?"-couplet: "Once I was a serene teenaged child / Once I felt your cock against my thigh." The album is refreshingly varied and fortunately Frida's lyrics are equally excellent, and the album is most likely to figure in my "Top 10 Albums of 2005". Believe the hype!
- Simon Tagestam

Splendid reviews the US reissue of Nicolai Dunger's "The cloud is learning": http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1113558373837038

Look for Nicolai Dunger to tour the US in July. Dates soon.

Interview: Anders Wendin/Moneybrother

Abir's Clog has audio, video and pics from Nicolai Dunger's performance in SF this weekend opening for Joanna Newsom: http://www.shundor.com/clog/archives/2005/02/nicolai_dunger.html#more (via)

PopMatters reviews the US reissue of "This cloud is learning" from Nicolai Dunger: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dungernicolai-thiscloud.shtml

Pitchfork reviews the US reissue of Nicolai Dunger's third album "This cloud is learning": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dunger_nicolai/this-cloud-is-learning.shtml

High Bias reviews the US reissue of Nicolai Dunger's third album "This cloud is learning": http://highbias.com/reviews/20050213_long1.html

Nicolai Dunger will debut his new multimedia theater production "Design & terrorism" at Teater Bhopa in Göteborg on March 11 and it is scheduled to run through April. To celebrate, he'll be performing a special gig with his band at Pusterviksbaren the same night. More info: http://www.bhopa.nu/

Nicolai Dunger will be performing his debut US show with a full band at SXSW. He'll be plaing the Billions Booking showcase at Antones on March 18.

Nicolai Dunger will play the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Canada on July 8-9. Otherwise, he'll be recording his next album with producer Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet) this coming spring for release sometime around the fall.

Neumu profiles Nicolai Dunger: http://www.neumu.net/datastream/index.shtml#01