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Lea Kampmann (Faroe Islands) – Vestmanna í kava (single/future album track)

Reading time: 3 minutes We have platformed Lea Kampmann several times, noting her propensity to create simple, ...
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Video of the Week – Possimiste (Iceland) – Monster (single)

Reading time: 3 minutes Possimiste. Positive pessimist, I guess? Is that bottle of Brennivin half full or ...
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Buko Shane (Finland) – Another Sunday Morning (opening track from the album Pandemic Blues)

Reading time: 3 minutes Four and a half years after the coronavirus pandemic was first called (and ...
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The Verge (Norway) – Nessesse (single/future album track)

Reading time: 3 minutes No, not The Verve; settle down. It’s The Verge, as in being on ...
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Mari Boine (Norway) – Lean dás (I’m [always] here) ft. Ella Marie – single/forthcoming album track

Reading time: 3 minutes I thought I might have reviewed Mari Boine previously but that isn’t the ...
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Silja Rós (Iceland) – Love and Affirmation (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes When I was a regular visitor to Iceland back in the day I ...
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Eckman & Borelius (Sweden) – You proved me wrong (single)

Reading time: < 1 minute Sounds like two-thirds of a firm of solicitors. Or the next generation ...
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Tobias Arbo (Sweden) – Tinfoil Hat (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes What a wonderful, thought-provoking little folk song, and one that I almost missed ...
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Weekend Intermission – Luna Marble (UK) – The Ride (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or ...
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Trentemøller (Denmark) – Nightfall (ft. Disa) (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes Anders Trentemøller hasn’t featured in NMC for quite some time now (since January ...
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Nowhere Blue (Sweden) – I can see your heart (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes It’s a title that reminded me of James’ ‘Sometimes’ and the classic line ...
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Tidal Water (Norway) – Defiance (single/possible future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes I’m not certain any Tidal Water actually makes its way into Oslo from ...
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NMC Spotify Playlist #17 – April to July 2024

Reading time: 2 minutes I was staggered to discover that we have not had a Playlist at ...
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Thilda U (Sweden) – Color (single/future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutes Thilda U was here pretty recently, only a month or so ago but ...
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Valerie Melina (Sweden) – Death of Me (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes We receive quite a high number of submissions directly from artists and some ...
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Oscar Lund (Sweden) – Långedrag (Long Haul) (single/forthcoming album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes I often wondered what it would be like if I was a muso ...
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Søren Lee (Denmark) – Funky Motion (sample track from the album Hope)

Reading time: 2 minutes I’m out of my comfort zone even attempting to review a jazz album ...
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Per Bloch (Denmark) – Oqaatsit angakkuakkat (Magical words) – single

Reading time: 2 minutes Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, eat your heart out. Only in NMC do you get ...
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Ocelot (Finland) – Prinssi/Pikkuveli (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes Generally speaking I find Finnish music to be pretty deep; what you’d expect ...
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Hazlett (Sweden) – Shiver (Single/future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutes I thought all the Swedes were on vacation right now but Hazlett clearly ...
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