Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen has established an international reputation with his ability to generate lyricism, tension and groove through inspired restraint. Did you know with a Digital ...
OSLO – A priest has replaced traditional Norwegian church hymns during Sunday mass with pop songs such as U2’s "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" in a bid to renew his church’s message and reach a new ...
Beatrice Hole lives in the Twin Cities suburb of Eden Prairie, Minn., which is a pleasant enough place to celebrate a Scandinavian Christmas. Snow lies heavy and white on the evergreens, and the savvy ...
Had enough jingle bells already? The Norwegian double bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and saxophonist/flutonettist Håkon Kornstad will bring a different sound to the ...
Jazz artist Stuart Macbeth compares notes with Oslo pianist Tord Gustaven, at the start of a series of Nordic-inspired Oxford jazz nights I’d describe myself as a chamber jazz musician,” says Oslo ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It begins with a violin keening like the wind of the album’s title over intermittent slaps of frame drum. Then ...