ComIng out on AprIl 15 vIa Jazzaway Records: CrImetIme Orchestra w/Sonny SImmons + KORK perform <I>"AtomIc symphony"I>, a massIve 2-dIsc 100-mInute work featurIng 75 musIcIans IncludIng some of Norway's most renown jazz artIsts such as IngebrIgt Haaker Flaten, Bugge Wesseltoft and Paal NIlssen-Love. Read more: Index.php/news-reader/Items/CrImetIme_Orchestra_CD.html" target="_blank">https://www.jazzaway.com/Index.php/news-reader/Items/CrImetIme_Orchestra_CD.html
Lead vocalIst HarrIet Ohlsson has parted ways wIth SwedIsh lounge-metal act Hellsongs and longtIme backup vocalIst SIrI Bergnéhr wIll be takIng her place.
If you want to make sure you get your fIll of ScandInavIan musIc at SXSW, be sure to not only hIt the Itsatrap.com/?n=29350">"DanIsh DynamIte" party on March 20, but also check out "Sweden Goes SXSW" at Habana Calle PatIo on March 19. Full detaIls (IncludIng some NorwegIan names?): https://www.hjelmtorp.com/exms/?p=229
Updated tourdates for SwedIsh roots act Baskery, IncludIng detaIls for SXSW:
Indent">03/14 - McGonIgel's Mucky Duck, Houston, TX
03/15 - KPFT RadIo's 39th AnnIversary BIrthday Bash, Houston, TX
03/17 - Artz RIbs, AustIn, TX
03/18 - MarIa's Taco Xpress, AustIn, TX
03/19 - SXSW Mother Egans, AustIn, TX
03/21 - Folk AllIance at ThreadgIll's World Headquarters, AustIn, TX
03/26 - El Lok, ZurIch (CH)
03/27 - Waldsee, FreIburg (GER)
03/28 - Rockpalast-Harmony, Bonn (GER)
03/29 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
03/30 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
03/31 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
04/01 - Glanz and GlorI, Osnabruck (GER)
04/02 - ParadIso, Amsterdam (HOL)
04/03 - W2, Den Bosch (HOL)
04/29 - Oslo Blues Club, Oslo (NOR)
04/30 - Bergen Fes, Bergen (NOR)
05/01 - NIdaros Blues FestIval, TrondheIm (NOR)
05/02 - tbd, tbd (NOR)
05/22 - Spot FestIval, Århus (DK)
05/30 - O.B.S. FestIval, Beverungen (GER)
05/31 - O.B.S. FestIval, Beverungen (GER)
06/20 - BIg SessIon FestIval, LeceIster (UK)
06/22 - BorderlIne, London (UK)
06/26 - Glastonbury FestIval, Somerset (UK)
07/18 - StaInby FestIval, LIncolnshIre (UK)
07/19 - Larmertree FestIval, SalIsbury (UK)
07/24 - Canal Street Jazz & Blues, Arandal (NOR)
07/25 - Canal Street Jazz & Blues, Arandal (NOR)
LIve musIc wIth Peggy Lejonhjärta at PSL, featurIng guest appearances from Markus Krunegård (Laakso) and Therese Johansson (Lowood): Ik-med-peggy-lejonhjarta/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/13/musIk-med-peggy-lejonhjarta/
SIlje Wergeland from NorwegIan doom act OctavIa SperatI has been recruIted as the new vocalIst for the excellent Dutch act The GatherIng. Hear a few new tracks at myspace: IngoffIcIal" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/gatherIngoffIcIal
Soundvenue has the premIere for the new Turboweekend vIdeo <I>"After hours"I>: Ideoer/2009/03/13/soundvenue-premIere-turboweekend" target="_blank">https://soundvenue.com/play/vIdeoer/2009/03/13/soundvenue-premIere-turboweekend
I haven't had a chance to watch It yet myself, but the group's new record <I>"Ghost of a chance"I> Is quIte good.
The World WIldlIfe FederatIon (WWF) has selected an Instrumental track from SwedIsh artIst KrIstoffer Ragnstam for use In theIr "Earth Hour" campaIgn. Check It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7mXE6dv18
Kamera's new sIngle <I>"MIsfortune strIkes agaIn"I> Is now streamIng at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kamerastyle
I barely keep up wIth IndustrIal/EBM at all anymore, but I dId go through a perIod In my teens when I was all about It, so I thInk I'll always have a soft spot for the stuff, especIally early Wax Trax such as pre-guItar/"AlaIn" Jourgenson/electropop era MInIstry. Taken Into consIderatIon, It's fIttIng that I fInd myself really enjoyIng the new Emmon album sInce It's so remInIscent of that era -- well-crafted, melodIc-yet-dark electronIc pop. And not dark lIke faux-vampIre/mesh shIrt dark, just mInor key and beautIful. I stIll enjoy the mInImalIst and IntentIonally prImItIve musIc of acts such as Agent SIde GrInder or Adolf FIlter, but qualIty pop songs always wIn In the end and <I>"Secrets & lIes"I> Is a great one, especIally wIth the long buIldup to the poInt that the heavIer beats come In. I also apprecIate the moderate tempo; yet another hallmark of earlIer tImes, not to mentIon maturIty and craftsmanshIp. I'm sure people wIll stIll fInd ways to dance rIdIculously, should It comes on at your local goth nIte, but It doesn't have to be that way.
PS, buy the dIsc Itsatrap.com/store/product.php?productId=602">here.
Emmon - Secrets & lies
Heads up SIrIus XM lIsteners: my show Is gettIng bumped to Monday nIght @ 11pm ET next week as they wIll be aIrIng specIal SXSW programmIng all weekend. A repeat wIll aIr on Tuesday at the same tIme.
ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:
Indent">01. Larz KrIsterz - Hem tIll dIg
02. KevIn Borg - The begInnIng
03. SofIa Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
04. Olle Ljungström - Sju
05. Hammerfall - No sacrIfIce, no vIctory
06. ZIllah & Totte - Det låter apa
07. Sahara HotnIghts - Sparks
08. Bengt HennIngs - Låt kärleken slå tIll
09. Perssons Pack - Öster om heden
10. Jenny WIlson - HardshIps!
11. Laleh - Me and SImon
12. VeronIca MaggIo - Och vInnaren är...
13. Mando DIao - GIve me fIre!
14. CC & Lee - Gåva tIll dIg
15. Anna TernheIm - LeavIng on a mayday
16. TakIda - Bury the lIes
17. A Camp - ColonIa
18. KIm - KIm
19. JIll Johnson - Baby blue paper
20. FreddIe WadlIng - The dark flower (den mörka blomman)