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1 week ago1w

Posted by Marionville
In Norway a few a years ago they had a very good TV show called Hver Gang Vi Motes - (Every Time We Meet) - where a group of well known musicians and singers meet over a meal and each one selects a song made famous by one of the others to perform ...
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World Music
2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Marionville
Because today is my birthday Iā€™m indulging myself and posting music I personally likeā€¦and I really do like a-ha which you already know. In 2001 they headed the bill at a benefit concert in Grimstad in the far north of Norway after the small ...
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Music Fans
1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville
I know I go on a lot about how Norway seems to produce the most amazing singersā€¦like there must be something in the crystal clear mountain water thereā€¦or something else, who knows? For my bedtime post, my newest discoveryā€¦the 2024 winner of ...
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World Music
Feb 15Feb 15

Posted by Marionville
Last summer I at last fulfilled a longtime wish to visit the Norwegian fjords, several previous plans had to be scrapped for a variety of different reasons. At Geirangerfjord we visited a wooden octagonal church set at the head of the fjord on a ...
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World Music
Feb 4Feb 4

Posted by Marionville
Back to Norway again ā€¦today weā€™re also going back in time to 1989 and the title track from an album from Jan Bang with Morten Harket on backing vocals. The film sequences are from 1987 Icelandic film Foxtrotā€¦ Frozen Feelingsā€¦
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World Music
Feb 2Feb 2

Posted by Marionville
A live recording session at his Art studio in Asker, Norway - Magne Furuholmenā€¦.White Horses, a track from his recently released album Living With Ourselves ā€¦ā€¦
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World Music
Jan 18Jan 18

Posted by Marionville
True Northā€¦a-haā€™s most recent album was released in 2023. It was filmed and recorded live with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra inside the Arctic circle in Bodo in the far north of Norway, and the 45 minute accompanying video filmed by ...
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World Music
Jan 16Jan 16

Posted by Marionville
Karl Nielsen is Denmarkā€™s most famous composer, born in 1865 heā€™s regarded as Danish National Composer in much the same way as Greig is to Norway and Sibelius to Finland. Probably Nielsenā€™s best known work is a short piece for flute and harp ...
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World Music
Jan 4Jan 4

Posted by Marionville
You know that musically I canā€™t stay away from Scandinavia, especially Norway, for very long and my thoughts are drawn there on these long dark winter days when there is virtually no daylight in the most northerly parts. I think that may be when...
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World Music
Dec 24, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by Marionville
Especially for Christmas Eveā€¦Stay On These Roads, a-haā€™s hit song and title track from their 1987 album updated and given an acoustic orchestral treatment from 2017 for their MTV Unplugged live concert. Itā€™s an uplifting song of encouragement...
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World Music
Dec 19, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by Marionville
Itā€™s a long way from Norway to Chileā€¦but these Norwegians have a big following thereā€¦and all over South America! Festival de Vina del Mar in Chile, started in 1960 is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America and one of the ...
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World Music
Nov 3, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
Weā€™re returning to Norway today with a group called KEiiNO with their unique blend of ELM with Sami traditional musicā€¦ I must say I really like it. With a video filmed in Norway in a variety of locations in October & November 2020. - ...
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Animal Mania
Sep 16, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by vocaloldfart
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured By Lydia Smith The angular roughshark has wide-set eyes, a pink snout, massive nostrils and pronounced dermal denticles, giving them a furrry, pig-like appearance. Name: Angular ...
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Gardeners
Sep 14, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by Killtheskyfairy
Mushrooms called, ā€œdead manā€™s fingers.ā€ Very Halloweeny! What is dead manā€™s fingers? Dead manā€™s fingers are mushroom-like fungal growths that can be found at the base of dead or dying trees and shrubs, as well as at the base of wood ...
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