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Hedvig Mollestad Trio: All of Them Witches

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by John Kelman
May 18, 2013

It may well be sexist to suggest that there are few female heavy rock guitarists. Still, as society moves towards greater equity among the genders, there are thankfully a lot more talented and intrepid women transcending conventional expectations of their “place" in music--and few countries exemplifying this more than Norway. Sidsel Endresen may be a singer, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Moster!: Edvard Lygre Moster

by John Kelman
May 13, 2013

He may be flying somewhat beneath the radar internationally, but in Norway, saxophonist Kjetil Møster has a vibrant career that ranges from the acoustic post-John Coltrane group The Core--whose Office Essentials (Jazzland, 2008) made clear that the American tradition is a touchstone, at least to some, in the country's distinctive jazz scene--to ongoing work with the ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2013

by John Kelman
April 10, 2013

Vossa JazzOslo, NorwayMarch 22-24, 2013Every festival hopes to have a signature, that certain something that differentiates it from all the rest and makes it a desired destination, but few have as many things going for it as the annual Vossa Jazz Festival, now in its 40th year. It certainly may seem ...

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Grand General: Grand General

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by John Kelman
March 14, 2013

Despite many members barely into their thirties, Grand General is a Norwegian super group of sorts. Ola Kvernberg is, perhaps, best-known internationally for a string of recordings that, including Folk (Jazzland, 2009) and the more ambitious Liarbird (Jazzland, 2011), have garnered the violinist/violist plaudits like the DnB NOR Award at the 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival. Guitarist ...

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Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Waltz for Lilli

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by John Kelman
January 21, 2013

Norway's place on the international jazz map has been assured for decades: first with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal and bassist Arild Andersen; then, a second wave including trumpeters Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvær, and pianists Bugge Wesseltoft and Christian Wallumrød; and, more recently, in another wave featuring In the Country and Splashgirl. Still, ...

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The Death Defying Unicorn

By Motorpsycho

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2012

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Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn

By Motorpsycho

Label: Rune Grammofon
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1: Out of the Woods; The Hollow Lands; Through the Veil; Doldrums; Into the Gyre; Flotsam. CD2: Oh, Proteus--A Prayer; Sculls in Limbo; La Lethe; Oh Proteus--A Lament; Sharks; Mutiny!; Into the Mystic.

Article: Live Review

Supersilent featuring John Paul Jones: Manchester, UK, November 16, 2012

by David McLean
December 9, 2012

Supersilent featuring John Paul JonesRNCMManchester, UKNovember 16, 2012Of all Supersilent's live collaborators-- spanning from guitarist Stian Westerhus to prog/space rock juggernaut Motorpsycho--bassist John Paul Jones is a clear and distinct anomaly. Whereas previous conspirators have worked in similar realms, it was hard to know how the former Led Zeppelin bassist would ...

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2012 Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 24-28, 2012

by John Kelman
November 7, 2012

Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå, Sweden October 24-28, 2012 Nestled about 20 kilometers from the coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Sweden, connected by the Ume River, sits Umeå (pronounced: ooo-me-oh), a town of about 120,000 (including the surrounding region). Small it may be, but since 1968 it has hosted an annual ...

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Elephant9: Atlantis

by John Kelman
October 16, 2012

Ever a collective, Elephant9's Atlantis represents the Norwegian power trio's most egalitarian outing yet. 2008's Dodovoodoo and 2010's Walk the Nile were, for the most part, dominated compositionally by keyboardist and Supersilent/Humcrush coconspirator Ståle Storløkken. Atlantis is more evenly split between Storløkken's four tracks to bassist Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen's three, but most importantly demonstrates a continued ...