Reading time: < 1 minuteSince the pandemic that seems to have become more difficult as promoters are not as keen as they were to advertise bands from outside the UK and where they do it tends to be just in London. We are trying to do something about that by building relationships with the growing number of promoters in […] The post Looking to play gigs in the North of England? appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesHow easily you can take your eye off the ball and fool yourself. When I glanced at the press release for ‘Cyclism’ I immediately concluded it was going to be an avant garde examination of cyclistic tendencies in sociological interpretations of critical race theory or something equally highfalutin. I need to get out more often. […] The post Stenlund (Sweden) – Cyclism (single) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesWe’ve had a few start-up artists recently, who are essentially who we’re here to promote. But that doesn’t mean we turn a deaf ear to those that are a little longer in the tooth. In 2022 Mike Andersen received two Danish Music Awards for ‘Best Danish Release’ and ‘Live Performer of the Year,’ cementing his […] The post Mike Andersen (Denmark) – Only for you (single/future album track + video) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesWhen we last featured Swedish industrial post-punk rockers THE BELOW, in November, it was as a video release and I couldn’t avoid doing it again with this pleasant little spring lamb, Easter Egg, Jesus loves you ditty which took me back joyfully to my Cold War childhood and the 13 Days of the Cuban Missile […] The post Video of the Week -THE BELOW (Sweden) – Hitobito (Only the Shadows) (featuring Jesper Hanning) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesMarie Synnøve Skagemo to give her full name is from Kristiansand on the southern tip of Norway, a town I’ve flown over on numerous occasions en route to or from Oslo but from where I do not believe we’ve featured an artist previously. Time to put that right. A tender 25 years of age it […] The post Marie Skagemo (Norway) – Jeg hadde elsket å elske deg (single/title track from future album) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 3 minutesReaders might recall Rikke Normann from a couple of years ago. Her last, of about half a dozen appearances here, was with the single ‘Circles’ in January 2023 and as it happens that is one of the tracks on her new album, ‘Not even air can come btwn us now’. That title might not be […] The post Rikke (Norway) – Horses in the Moonlight: sample track from the album Not even air can come btwn us now appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesWe’ve listened to Rebekka Louise a couple of times during the last year, with songs about external and unwanted poisoning of a relationship and learning to love yourself  and noted her ability to match the discord in the subject matter with her musical creations that are replete with vocal dexterity and verbosity. Now she returns […] The post Rebekka Louise (Norway) – Jeg Smiler Fortsatt (single) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesStrangely, we get to hear little music from Sweden’s second city of Gothenburg, but judging from what I’ve just heard we need to put that to rights, pronto. Anna Ran (Hansen) released her first album, ‘Desert Flower’, during those heady days of the pandemic in 2020 (don’t you miss them?), a little before NMC got […] The post Anna Ran (Sweden) – Silence (sample track from the album Out of Silence) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 3 minutes“It ain’t pretty when you’re growing old, not for a woman and not for a girl” intones Kira Skov. Well it ain’t for a bloke either, Kira, but we defer to you because it is International Women’s Day on Saturday Match 8th, and you’re getting your six penny worth in early; fair enough. The track […] The post Video of the week – Kira Skov (Denmark) – It ain’t pretty (single) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutesI (we) have just been ’treated’ to the list of top table headline artists at Glastonbury this year. Well at least Olivia Rodrigo can sing and is dynamic. But The 1975, offering another controversial wokefest of the kind that gets entire festivals cancelled? Neil Young? Last year he described it as middle class trash or […] The post Remedies (Norway) – Don’t let it in (single) appeared first on Nordic Music Central ..read more