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Nominees for Spellemannprisen

Norwegian Grammy Awards

Three Norwegian folk music artists have been nominated for the Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy Awards.

Tune of the week

Olav Luksengård Mjelva

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Norwegian Grammy Awards 2009

Olav L. Mjelva Grammy Award Winner

Norwegian fiddler Olav Luksengard Mjelva was rewarded a price in the category for Traditional folk music and dance

Førde Folk Music Festival

Freedom and oppression

Freedom and oppression is the centre of attention for the 21st edition of the Førde Folk Music Festival placing its focus on musicians fighting for human rights and cultures that struggle to survive.

FolkAlliance & South by South West

Unni Løvlid at FolkAlliance and SXSW

On Queue Artists and ELEN-music are happy to announce that Unni Løvlid, is performing an official showcase concert during the Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, and at South by South West in Austin, Texas.

Releases

Sandkorn

Sigrid Moldestad

Sigrid Moldestad is releasing a new record called “Sandkorn”

Selected artists

Spotlight Norway | Part 6

Pictures

Get a glimpse of Synnøve S.Bjørset's concerts at Celtic Connections

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Festivals

18.-20. February

by:Larm 2010

Almost fifty handpicked Norwegian demo bands, thirty delightful Scandinavian art...

Dictionary

Instruments

Hardanger fiddle

The hardingfele's most characteristic feature is the four or five sympathetic (r...

Ragnhild Furebotten & Tore Bruvoll|Foto:Ingun A. Mæhlum

by:Larm | Oslo 18 - 20 February

Ragnhild Furebotten & Tore Bruvoll w/Hekla Stålstrenga

Several bands with roots in folk and world music have been selected for by:Larm 2010. As a lead-up folkmusic.no will make a portrait of each group in the following days.

by:Larm | Oslo 18 - 20 February

Eplemøya Songlag

Several bands with roots in folk and world music have been selected for by:Larm 2010. As a lead-up folkmusic.no will make a portrait of each group in the following days.

Double concerts

Kim Andre Rysstad & Trio Mediæval in Holland

The warm and dreamy vocals of young folk singer Kim André Rysstad and the divine voices of the classically trained Trio Mediaeval offer two breathtaking, but different takes on Norwegian mediaeval song.

by:Larm | Oslo 18 - 20 February 2010

Sver

Several bands with roots in folk and world music have been selected for by:Larm 2010. As a lead-up folkmusic.no will make a portrait of each group in the following days.

by:Larm | Oslo 18 - 20 February 2010

Sigrid Moldestad

Several bands with roots in folk and world music have been selected for by:Larm 2010. As a lead-up folkmusic.no will make a portrait of each group in the following days.