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Mari Boine 'Alva' Artwork
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Review: Mari Boine ‘Alva’

13th September 202413th September 2024 Will J By Norse Music, Electronic, Folk, Mari Boine

Ever since her first release in 1985, Mari Boine has been one of the most prominent forces in the Sámi

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Jo Quail 'Invocation' Artwork
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Review: Jo Quail ‘Invocation/Supplication’

9th November 202310th November 2023 Lee Beamish By Norse Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical

Over the last few years, not many musical artists have moved me in the way Jo Quail does. From my

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Jo Quail - Photo by Simon Kallas
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Jo Quail: Lee Beamish Interview’s The Phenomenal Cellist At Portals Festival

1st June 20226th July 2022 Lee Beamish By Norse Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical

After catching an appearance at Portals 2021, and then supporting A.A. Williams in London in March, the opportunity to see

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Jo Quail 'The Cartographer'
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Review: Jo Quail ‘The Cartographer’

5th May 202215th June 2022 Lee Beamish By Norse Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical

Once upon a time, there was a time. It was a time before Jo Quail. Back then, in early 2020,

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Nanna Barslev 'Lysbærer'
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Review: Nanna Barslev ‘Lysbærer’

18th March 202218th March 2022 Tom Hanno By Norse Music, Folk, Nanna Barslev

I’ve had an interest in Norse Pagan mythology for quite some time, even adopting it as part of my own

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Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne ‘Hildring’
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Review: Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne ‘Hildring’

30th November 202111th January 2022 Dave Bowes By Norse Music, Dei Farne, Electronic, Folk, Lindy-Fay Hella, Pop Rock

If Lindy-Fay Hella hasn’t been the face of the Norse musical revival that has been bubbling away for the past

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Wardruna ‘First Flight Of The White Raven’
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Review: Wardruna ‘First Flight Of The White Raven’

9th April 202124th May 2021 Daniel Pietersen By Norse Music, First Flight Of The White Raven, Folk, Wardruna

If you think living without live music for the last year or so and relying on a handful of web-only

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Wardruna 'Kvitravn'
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Review: Wardruna ‘Kvitravn’

11th January 202110th February 2021 Reza Mills By Norse Music, Folk, Kvitravn, Wardruna

Wardruna was formed in 2003 by former Gorgoroth members Einar Selvik and Gaahl as a project dedicated to creating musical

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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