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Science Fair: Sugar in the Morning

by Daniel Mège
October 8, 2026

Listening to Anna Ueland amounts to turning a question mark into an exclamation mark. Heard at the Trondheim Jazzfestival in 2026, when elected Ambassador of the University of Trondheim, she presented her string-dominated group Populærmusikk for likesinnede (Popular music for like-minded people), joyful experimental jazz-pop with first-rate soloists. She had just released Music For A Noisy Environment (Sonic Transmissions Records, 2026) with her group Babies On Airplanes, a sort of ad hoc soundtrack for the listener's imagination. Here she is with her quintet ...