Q Magazine selected The Fashion for their track of the day on Tuesday: https://news.q4music.com/2008/01/track_of_the_day_153.html
Tag: General
Norwegian postrockers Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson are back, thanks to the Norwegian Highway Patrol: https://jaguar.intrapoint.no/rw/site/ypofh/index.php?c=2&kat=Biografi
There will be a new Ebba Grön boxset + DVD collection in April to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.
Rune Grammofon will be handling the vinyl for Motorpsycho's forthcoming album "Little lucid moments", due out, as mentioned before, on March 31. Also on the way from RG is Danish act Skyphone's sophomore album "Avellaneda" which will be released on February 25.
64revolt is looking for someone to help them create video projections to run during their live show: https://64revolt.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/64revolt-wants-your-help/
MIC Norway profiles folk/pop group Real Ones who are apparently making headway in the UK: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008013011424935273060
The nominees for the various folk-related categories of the Danish Music Awards have been announced:
Album:
Eivør – Mannabarn / Human Child
Dissing, Dissing, Las & Dissing – Hjemløs
Valravn – Valravn
Lasse & Mathilde – Spor af Piet Hein
Trio Mio – Stories Around a Holy Goat
Artist (Traditional):
Habadám
Kirstine Sand
Phønix
Artist (Contemporary):
Eivør
Valravn
Trio Mio
Vocalist:
Povl Dissing (Dissing, Dissing, Las & Dissing)
Laura Illeborg
Karen Mose (Phønix)
Eivør
Instrumentalist:
Nikolaj Busk (Trio Mio)
Christian Alvad
Ditte Fromseier Mortensen (Habbadám)
Perry Stenbäck (Stine Michel)
Songwriter:
Laura Illeborg
Eivør
Las Nissen (Dissing, Dissing, Las & Dissing)
Laura Mo
Composer:
Nikolaj Busk (Trio Mio)
Eivør
Kristine Heebøll (Trio Mio)
Debut:
Valravn – Valravn
Kirstine Sand – Det Dansende Par
Habbadám – Bornholmsk Folkemusik
CS Nielsen – Against the Dying of the Light
Ballad Album:
Stine Michel – Natravn
Trio Cornelis – Gamla Ord – Nye Toner
Tom Frederiksen – Synger/Sangskriver
Blues Album:
Alain Apaloo – Flying Vision
Thorbjørn Risager – Here I Am
Blue Junction – Live, Out of Love
The Fried Okra Band – This is Your Chance, France Baby!
Country Album:
Christian Alvad – Hillside Tunings
CS Nielsen – Against the Dying of the Light
Rikke Bruhn – Dreams of Yesterday
The Higher Elevation's new album "The Protestant Work Ethic" will finally be out on February 21 via Time For Action Records/But is it Art?. Download the single "Breaking the news": https://butisitart.org/downloads/The_Higher_Elevations_Breaking_the_News.mp3
The Alpine's forthcoming sophomore album "There's only so much you can do" is now pushed back to April 16. It will also be released in Germany on May 23.
Peter Bjorn and John frontman Peter Morén has signed with Touch & Go imprint Quarterstick for the release of his solo debut "The last tycoon". It's set for an April 8 release.
Swedish singer/songwriter Lasse Lindh is at Svenska Grammofon Studios working on a new album with producer Hans Olsson (Timo Räisänen).
Firefox AK has a brand new website: https://www.firefoxak.com/
Her sophomore album "If I were a melody" will be out on February 27 via Razzia Records. The first single "Winter rose" (as posted here) is out now and I should be getting a few copies for resale next week. The Tellevika remix is exceptional!
Jeremiha's new album "Where the stars scream your name" is now confirmed for a March 28 release via Dead Frog Records.
Hybris electro act Biker Boy will be releasing a new single each month for 2008, the first of which is posted for streaming on myspace along with its b-side remix: https://www.myspace.com/bikerboymusic
Check out his website for more: https://www.bikerboy.org/