Den Store Norske Gitarkvartett
Den Store Norske Gitarkvartett (The Great Norwegian Guitar Quartet) features, as the title implies, four guitarists that join forces with the intention of solidifying the guitar’s role in Norwegian folk music. Having spent years accompanying Norwegian folk music’s premier division of fiddlers, singers and accordionists, guitarists Annar By, Vidar Skrede, Øystein Sandbukt and Tore Bruvoll decided to step into the center stage’s spotlight together – guitars in hand. DSNG is nothing short of Norwegian folk music’s first guitar ensemble, armed to their teeth with a wide array of instruments that sport virtually every imaginable shape, colour, tuning and string count. A typical DSNG gig is wildly varied and can feature Annar By playing Rhineland dances on a vintage Fender Telecaster, Øystein Sandbukt finger-picking traditional dances, Vidar Skrede swinging on a twelve-string while Tore Bruvoll waltzes away with the bottleneck.
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Himmelkvad
Celebrated vocal ensemble Nordic Voices is currently out on its promo tour for their new outing ‘Himmelkvad’, a critically acclaimed album presenting Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen’s unique vocal universe. MIC Norway takes a closer look at the cutting-edge vocal ensemble and ground-breaking composer.
I was the devil in my younger years
Late Feb sees Enslaved heading out on a month-long European tour. MIC Norway hooked up with Enslaved’s Ivar Peersen to talk about musical cross pollination, inspirational sources, humour and his fascination for singer-songwriter Stein Torleif Bjella.
