Music

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Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, born in Molde, Norway in 1976. Since 2002 she has recorded eight albums. With a distinctive style informed early on by her finger picking, and a remarkable voice which has been described as an angelic mixture of Billie Holliday, Beth Gibbons, Ella Fitzgerald and Dolly Parton- Ane Brun is one of Scandinavian’s most remarkable artists. May 5th she... Read more

Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, who was born in Molde, Norway in 1976. She has released eight albums since 2002. With a distinctive fingerpicked guitar style and a voice that has been described as an angelic mixture of Billie Holliday, Beth Gibbons, Ella Fitzgerald and Dolly Parton, Ane Brun is one of Scandinavian’s most remarkable artists. This Spring she embarks upon an... Read more

UNSOUND is a festival for “advanced” music and related visual arts. One of the headliners for this year's Unsound Festival (April 18 - April 22) is the Norwegian artist Biosphere. This Saturday night he will be playing live together with the dark ambient overlord Lustmord. Both Jenny Hval and Next Life have also played concerts this week. Read more

Norwegian/American conductor Per Brevig conducts all Schubert Program at New York University, Church of St. Joseph, 371 Sixth Avenue at 4th Street - Greenwich Village April 17, 2012, at 7:30. Read more

Hans Petter Lindstrøm is a 39-year-old Norwegian producer-songwriter-DJ and space-disco master. His first track ‘I Feel Space’, released in 2005, heralded a new genre shift in dance music, a genre known as space /cosmic disco, and after a decade of dropping peerless space-disco hits, Lindstrøm just released his new full-length album, ‘Six Cups of Rebel’on Smalltown Supersound. The last weekend ... Read more

Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 8:00 pm. SCANDINAVIA HOUSE, VICTOR BORGE HALL Read more

Thursday April 22 at 2pm. Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music. Works by Mozart, Szymanowski, Kreisler and Strauss. Read more

Tuesday March 20 at 8 p.m. at the Norwegian Seamen's Church in New York. Read more

The band Team Me will be performing at SXSW 2012

The annual music, film and interactive festival South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) kicks off March 9 in Austin, Texas. The music section of the festival starts on March 13 and a total of 8 Norwegian bands and artists will be showcasing this year. Read more

Few bands can make you instantly recall your favorite summer. Your first kiss. The first time you snuck out of the house. The band is playing at the Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Mon, March 12, 2012. Read more

When: Friday, Mar 09, 2012 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM Doors). Where: The Studio at Webster Hall, New York, NY. What: DATAROCK is one of Norway's most widely recognized and acclaimed acts. Read more

Brooklyn based Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik will release his new album, Overseas IV, at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, on Tuesday April 3rd at 6:00pm. Read more

Popular and acclaimed Norwegian pop artist Marit Larsen plays at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on Saturday February 25. Larsen will be the opening act before singer-songwriter Teitur from the Faroe Islands. Marit Larsen hits the stage at 6:30 pm. Highline Ballroom is located on 431 West 16th Street, between avenue 9 and 10. Read more

Photo: Nicki Twang.

The six-member ensemble will be performing its classical and avant-garde repertoire at the Zipper Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Read more

On Wednesday, February 22nd at 7pm, the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in New York hosts an intimate concert, previewing Norwegian celebrity entertainer Caroline Waters’ new musical thriller, Finding Venus – Come Hell or High Waters, which is based on the amazing healing journey that followed a near death experience that left her with temporary brain damage, amnesia and PTSD. Tickets: $10. Read more

The Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio are releasing their new album, "Release of Tension", at The Cornelia Street Café on the 22 of February. Read more

Photo: St. Olaf College.

The St. Olaf Band, dubbed “one of America’s preeminent bands” by The New Yorker, will perform in two Los Angeles area locations on their seven-city tour of California. Read more

The American Scandinavian Society of New York cordially invites members and friends to attend The Harriet Nilsen Winter Concert Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm. The concert features vocalist Ann-Mary Kay and Julie Coucheron, a classical pianist and recent Carnegie Hall Debutante. Reception to follow in the Trygve Lie Gallery. Admission for members $25. Admission for non-members $35. Read more

Soprano Jane Thorngren and pianist Duane Funderburk have worked together as collaborators since 1988. They will perform at The Norwegian Church and Cultural Center on Monday January 16 at 7 pm. Jane Thorngren has found herself appearing extensively as a soprano in leading operatic roles throughout the world. Funderbuck has performed as collaborator with artists throughout the United States and ... Read more