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Nordic Spotlight Monthly Podcast: All Covers Edition

byRobert Ham
January 27, 2016
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A new edition of our podcast Nordic Spotlight Monthly is here!

This time around, we are shining our spotlight on our favorite recent cover songs recorded by Nordic artists. Prepare yourself to hear renditions of songs by The Stranglers, Popcaan, Arcade Fire, Prefab Sprout, and even a feminist re-interpretation of AQUA’s “Barbie Girl.” Check it out here and check out the playlist below!

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PLAYLIST

Todd Terje – Johnny & Mary
AMKosman – Erase/Rewind
Kill J – Barbie Girl
Jaako Eino Kalevi – Everything Nice
Frida – I Know There’s Something Going On
Tove Lo & G Weber – Real Life
Edith Emilie – Terrible Love
Chorus Grant – Golden Brown
Greta Svabo Bech – My Body Is A Cage
Moa Holmsten – Incident on 57th Street
The Foreign Resort – Under Your Nose
Astrid Swan – Goodbye Lucille #1
Aurora – Half The World Away

Robert Ham

Robert Ham comes to Nordic Spotlight after a decade of freelance arts and culture writing for various online and print publications including Rolling Stone, Paste, The Oregonian, Village Voice, Wondering Sound, and FACT Magazine. He is also the author of Empire: The Unauthorized Untold Story, published by Regan Arts. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and son, and is looking forward to using his encyclopedic knowledge of The Sugarcubes, Mayhem, and Dungen for good and not for evil.