
Iris Caltwait (Norway) – these are hard times (say the words) (single)
Reading time: 2 minutesThey certainly are, Iris. She has bucked the trend by lengthening her artist name from the previous, simple first name into Iris Caltwait and I’m
Reading time: 2 minutesThey certainly are, Iris. She has bucked the trend by lengthening her artist name from the previous, simple first name into Iris Caltwait and I’m
Reading time: 2 minutesI’d almost forgotten about Sykur. Unless I’m mistaken, the last time they dropped a new recording was their third EP ‘JÁTAKK’ back in October 2019,
Reading time: 4 minutesIs it six years ago that I first saw Pom Poko? Where did that time go? I do recall that it was during the Reeperbahn
Reading time: 2 minutesIf someone asked me which of the five Nordic countries is the ‘rockiest’ (musically not financially!) right now I’d probably have to say Denmark. Here
Reading time: 2 minutesIt isn’t often that you can say genuinely that a song is vocally led, while at the same time acknowledging the contribution of the musicianship.
Reading time: 2 minutesAs it happens I’m reading, for the second time, the Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason’s creepy Second World War crime novel The Shadow District. It deals
Reading time: 2 minutesBack from holiday and I’m finally getting my head around the Danish language. Of course, ‘Ekstranummer’ would be ‘extra number’ in English or just plain