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Friday's Music Briefing: IODA Nordic, Sonicbids, Taco Bell, Wal-Mart & More

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2008-10-10 05:04:00 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...Nordic through a partnership with Bonnier Amigo Music Group , the music arm of Bonnier AB, the Nordic media giant. Under the partnership, IODA will distribute Bonnier Amigos catalog of indie music and labels through its network. Together, Bonnier Amigo and IODA will provide marketing support for their large catalogs to local retail partners...
 
Tags: music, music street, music industry space, music arm, bonnier amigo music, bonnier, ioda nordic, ioda, bonnier amigo
 
 
 
 
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Remeber that Song?!! Well Thank You Global Warming! The Nordic Ice Queen is Back

2008-11-06 03:20:19 by lizculleysings of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...Nordic ice strorm she was apparently caught in for the last ten years But she hasnt. She wrote a little song called " Piece of Me" for Britney Spears and a couple other Gay anthem Britney songs I cannot remember ... the one with the cobra I think Anyway, as a Nordic blond soul singing chick myself, I remember the sigh of relief and...
 
Tags: major label deal, seasme sweet almonds, adina howard hooks, madonna esque pop, nordic ice strorm, konichiwa bitches, robyn, bitches, cute short haircut
 
 
 
 
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Corsican and Nordic Vocal Depths

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2008-12-01 23:28:33 by PatriciaHerlevi in World Music Central
...Nordic music finds commonality with Gaelic mouth music. Versto also sings vocables that get feet dancing and give the mouth a real workout. According to the liner notes, Versto is imitating folk dance fiddles. " When the dancers couldn't find a fiddle player, they used a singer. By imitating the fiddle and using improvised nonsense 'words',...
 
Tags: music, music consciousness blog, gaelic mouth music, male vocal music, music experience, fiddle, nordic music, versto, berit opheim versto
 
 
 
 
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World Wednesday: Nordic traditions

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2008-06-11 04:39:00 by Otenth Paderborn in Radio Riel
...nordic musical traditions. From the Finnish harp (and stunning vocals) to the nyckelharpa and fiddle of Sweden to the harp and fiddle of viking-influenced Scotland and Ireland, we have a sampler of a wide range of musical styles. Many of the tracks you will hear are dance tunes: march, waltz, polska, hambo, schottis, and more From the...
 
Tags: caledon library, library, life, life reference libraries, harp, music, nordic musical traditions, simply visit, visit
 
 
 
 
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Ólafur Arnalds @ Nordic House @ Iceland Airwaves 2008

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2008-10-28 22:35:00 by Wim Van Hooste in I ♥ Icelandic Music
 
Ólafur Arnalds @ Nordic House, Reykjavik @ Airwaves '08 www.youtube.com/v/ZrRTGfk7Zks&hl&fmt=18 Ólafur Arnalds @ www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds
 
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To find your voice in a foreign language - Article by Gestur Gudmundsson in Journal Young (1999) featuring Icelandic rock history

2008-08-30 17:54:00 by Wim Van Hooste in I ♥ Icelandic Music
 
...Nordic countries since the seventies A number of impressive studies (cf. Tagg 1979, Fornäs 1985, Fornäs et al. 1988/1995, Roe & Carlsson (eds) 1990, Berkaak 1993, Lindberg1995, Bjurström 1997, Michelsen 1998) have been published and network ties been developed, (1) but strikingly little has-been said about Nordic popular music, its place...
 
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History of Icelandic Rock Music - Article by Gestur Gudmundsson in Journal Young (1993)

2008-08-30 17:01:00 by Wim Van Hooste in I ♥ Icelandic Music
 
...Nordic countries, mainly in two short and rupturous phases The first phase took place around the turn of the present century, when fishing cut its ties to agriculture, multiplied its export, went through an industrial revolution of mechanization and gave rise to 40-50 fishing villages that mushroomed around the coast and absorbed all...
 
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GJALLARHORN - Sjofn (2000)

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2008-03-29 09:53:32 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...Nordic female singers is that they seem to tend toward a certain level of shrillness, particularly in their native tongues. Gjallarhorn (and Wilkhelms in particular) have been compared to their countrymen (or is that countrywomen) Värttinä, only without the heavy trilling in the singing. Vocally I think thats an accurate description, but...
 
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FOLQUE - Vardøger (1977)

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2008-06-14 08:29:55 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...Nordic folk like Gjallarhorn, Kebnekaise and Garmarna. They tend to be mellower than most of Garmarnas music, and Lisa Helljesens vocals are solid but not in the same league as Gjallarhorns Jenny Wilhelms Like all those bands Folque form their music around traditional Nordic folk (hence the name) but add modern instrumentation such as...
 
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