This week's radio show playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Eric Beyond - Step off
02. TALK 1
03. Hanna Hirsch - Ingen kommer sakna oss
04. Francis - Bad to the bone
05. KA SO RE - Dramatically keep you
06. Susanna - Jailbreak (ft. Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
07. TALK 2
08. Love Is All - Give it back
09. Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes
10. Parker Lewis - Bash the cynicals
11. TALK 3
12. Moto Boy - Pie Jesu
13. Down In June - The enemy within
14. Masshysteri - Tvivel
15. Underwater Sleeping Society - Saw you at my funeral
16. TALK 4
17. Viola - We owe love
18. Convoj - The shovel
19. Celestial - Crystal heights
20. TALK 5
21. The Deer Tracks - Yes, this is my broken shield

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XM U. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

MP3: Susanna - Jailbreak

By now, Susanna's modus operandi is tried and true: take a semi-well-known song, slow it down and make it as languid as possible and hopefully, assuming it all works out as planned, reveal some sort of hidden beauty. Witness her cover of Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak", together with Bonnie "Prince" Billy (aka Will Oldham). The formula remains the same, but does it pass the test? Yes and no, I'd say. The novelty factor is strong as the original is quite a rocker, but at the same time, a good song remains a good song no matter how it's played. So while I don't think they manage to tap into some unintended dynamic, the piece stands up to repeated listens just fine. It's far more pretty than goofy. And best of all: no irony whatsoever, thank god. Now as for outdoing the original, that would be a negatory. Don't be surprised.

Susanna - Jailbreak

There will be a special Norwegian showcase at this year's London Jazz Festival in mid-November: http://www.norway.org.uk/culture/music/scene+norway.htm
Besides acclaimed musicians such as Arve Henriksen, Mari Boine, Susanna and In the Country, the 8-day festival will also feature a reading by crime author Jo Nesbø, film and theater performances and much more. See the link for details.

MIC Norway profiles Rune Grammofon artist Susanna and her new album "Flowers of evil": http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008100618152881695124

Hear Susanna perform a duet with Bonnie "Prince" Billy on "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy: http://cargorecords.blogspot.com/2008/09/incoming-susanna-flowers-of-evil.html
(see the player in the side-column)

Rune Grammofon has posted basic details for the new Susanna album "Flower of evil", due out October 13: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/susanna/rcd-2080---susanna_-flower-of-evil
It appears that American artist Will Oldham contributes guest vocals to two tracks under his Bonnie "Prince" Billy guise.

Look for Rune Grammofon to release the new album "A killer for that ache" from singer/songwriter Hilde Marie Kjersem in mid-August. Also on the way later this year are new records from MoHa!, Huntsville (+ special guests), Susanna (of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra) and Humcrush (live) as well as the sequel to the "Money will ruin everything" art-book/2CD compilation.

Dusted reviews "Sonata mix dwarf cosmos" from Rune Grammofon artist Susanna: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3990

Rune Grammofon has announced that their first release for 2008 will be from Box, an international supergroup of sorts featuring Raoul Björkenheim (Scorch Trio), Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Humcrush), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, John Zorn) and Morgan Ågren (Zappa's Universe, Mats/Morgan, Flesh Quartet). No exact release date yet, but I'll keep you posted. Also on the way is a new 10th anniversary edition of their excellent "Money will ruin everything" compilation + book set featuring 2 CDs of mostly exclusive material from a wide range of Rune Grammofon artists - I have the first one and it is excellent. Later on in the year, look for new releases from Skyphone, Scorch Trio and Humcrush in the spring and then Arve Henriksen, Susanna, Huntsville and Jono El Grande later on. Plus a few TBA surprises, of course.

All About Jazz reviews the solo debut "Sonata mix dwarf cosmos" from Susanna of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27140

Cokemachineglow reviews "Sonata mix dwarf cosmos", the solo debut from Susanna of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: http://cokemachineglow.com/reviews/susanna_sonatamixdwarfcosmos2007.html

Pitchfork does the Forkcast thing with Susanna of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/45680-susanna-home-recording-mp3stream

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
02. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
03. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
04. Bare Egil Band - Sanger fra Bare Egil By
05. Superfamily - Warszawa
06. Vazelina Bilopphøggers - Bensin på bålet
07. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
08. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
09. The Kids - Hits fra Kids
10. BigBang - Too Much Yang
11. Magnet - The Simple Life
12. Turbonegro - Retox
13. Raga Rockers - Ragas beste 1983 - 2000
14. 120 Days - 120 Days
15. Cortina - Been a long time
16. Heroes & Zeros - Strange Constellations
17. Diverse artister - Vi ganger med sanger
18. Susanna - Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos
19. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
20. Vigdis Eidsvåg - Eg undras

Speaking of things Rune Grammofon, the label has confirmed that Susanna from Susanna and the Magical Orchestra will release her debut solo album "Sonata mix dwarf cosmos" on August 20. It is produced by Helge Sten aka Deathprod and will feature twelve original compositions.

Rune Grammofon will be releasing a new album soon from In the Country, the project of pianist Morten Qvenild, writing partner of Susanna from Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, ex-member of Jaga Jazzist and Shining and current member of jazz/pop-crossover act The National Bank. Read more: http://www.runegrammofon.com/v2/catalog.php?shownews=48