Nordic Spotlight
The best music and music festivals in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
As we highlighted in the March edition of our podcast, there were a wealth of Nordic artists that descended upon Austin, Texas last month to perform at SXSW 2018. While we weren’t able to do our usual in depth reporting from the field, our intrepid colleague Melissa trekked out to this year’s Sounds From Norway […]
YOU GUYS, THIS IS HUGE. Today, SXSW festival and conference released their latest line-up of artists playing official showcases, and this batch brings the number of artists from Nordic countries to a total of 30! We’re so excited there is finally a spotlight at SXSW on music from the Arctic because we know (as do […]
Watching Kill J slink around the stage as she cooed her anthems of empowerment, sociopolitical commentary, and plain old sexual intrigue was one of the best parts of our visit to SXSW this year. No matter what the venue, she brought ample amounts of energy and raised the temperature a good 10 degrees. Not that […]