Norwegian sophisticated pop music was for a very long tight-knit to – let’s be honest – Erlend Øye and The Kings Of Convenience. But a new generation of musicians is growing in Norway and taking over the helm. People like Moddi, Einar Stray and Lars Fremmerlid are walking the tightrope between classical music, catchy tunes

The International Troubadour Conspiracy is a prime example for how to transfer the surreal world of social networks into the real world of music. Singer and songwriters Svavar Knútur, Pete Uhlenbruch and Torben Stock “met” via myspace and actually managed touring Iceland together in 2006. The ITC was born and they decided to spread the idea of their own

If you’re a regular guest on this blog you might have noticed that I’m a huge Miserable Rich fan… to be honest: I’m addicted to their music. 12 Ways To Count still is one of my favorite records and when they released Of Flight And Fury a few months ago, I wasn’t able to listen

In November 2008 Travis Tucker and Jeff Linka started to write songs in their hometown Richmond, Virginia. Shortly after Andrew Saunders, David Graham and Paul Howard joined the band and they became The Animal Beat. The band  will release their first EP “Ambient Jungle Noise” in August and told me about whistling techniques, pepperoni stalagmites

Trev Gibb is somehow a fascinating kind of musician. His songs are rather melancholic, but filled with warmth. His lyrics are brooding, but seemingly without effort. His EP Summer Tears will be released on the 19th July and you should see for yourself how it works out. I say this much: it does quite well.