Exquisite songs and lullabies with a South Indian flavour from rock fans Sunday Driver, live on this AWIL! Listen out... See details
Thu, 2013-09-19 19:12
Exquisite songs and lullabies with a South Indian flavour from rock fans Sunday Driver, live on this AWIL! Listen out for their forthcoming E.P., ?Flo?!
ARTIST // TRACK // COUNTRY
Africando // Deni Sabali // Cuba
Titina // Estrela Da Marinha // Cape Verde
Tamikrest // Itous //...ABSTRACT
On the origin of the screeches
The evolution of the Swedish bagpipe
Olle Gallmo
The Swedish, or to... See details
Wed, 2013-03-27 20:27
ABSTRACT
On the origin of the screeches
The evolution of the Swedish bagpipe
Olle Gallmo
The Swedish, or to be more accurate, Dalecarlian, bagpipe was rediscovered in 1939 during an evacuation of the Nordic Museum's collections in Stockholm. The revival was slow at first, but gained...Harvey has company in the studio this week: Liv Brissach is one of the curators of NorskArt 2013, an exhibition for... See details
Fri, 2013-03-22 14:26
Harvey has company in the studio this week: Liv Brissach is one of the curators of NorskArt 2013, an exhibition for Norwegian art students in the UK. The theme this year is immigration, and Martine Poppe, who studies at the Slade, explains her contribution to the show. There's also the usual...Harvey takes off this week, speaking to Highasakite at Highbury Garage, during an event promoting Oslo's Oya Festival,... See details
Fri, 2013-03-01 14:03
Harvey takes off this week, speaking to Highasakite at Highbury Garage, during an event promoting Oslo's Oya Festival, alongside Sandra Kolstad. Mostly by coincidence, the rest of the show has a heavy Reykjav?k population with music from Sin Fang's new album, plus Retro Stefson, Hafdis Bjarnad?ttir...Harvey Bruce unleashes the first Nordorama Mixtape - 50 minutes the best and ballsiest that the Nordics have to offer,... See details
Fri, 2013-02-15 14:35
Harvey Bruce unleashes the first Nordorama Mixtape - 50 minutes the best and ballsiest that the Nordics have to offer, including m?m, Hedningarna, Highasakite and a few acts from Rune Grammofon.
TRACKLIST
Big Reveal - Valgeir Sigur?sson
Sanmyaku - Arve Henriksen
'(Elegi) 1233 Ord Om K?rlek...Back with a new year of fresh releases and lost forgotten gems from some of the world's most trend-conscious cities and... See details
Fri, 2013-01-18 17:13
Back with a new year of fresh releases and lost forgotten gems from some of the world's most trend-conscious cities and remotest tundras. This week, Harvey speaks with Rune Kristoffersen, founder of daring Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. We hear some tracks from his archive, including a newish...Harvey Bruce is back from his brief sebatacle, and this week he's speaking to Danish psych-rock outfit The Wands. And... See details
Fri, 2012-12-07 14:17
Harvey Bruce is back from his brief sebatacle, and this week he's speaking to Danish psych-rock outfit The Wands. And just as you thought the sustained flow of epic Nordic music was algorithmically impossible, we also hear wild acts from Escho Records, Singapore Sling and a couple of Faroese...Anja and Hans from jazz trio Moskus call the show for a chat from Tolga, Norway. Discover some tracks from their debut... See details
Fri, 2012-11-16 18:43
Anja and Hans from jazz trio Moskus call the show for a chat from Tolga, Norway. Discover some tracks from their debut album 'Salmesykkel', plus some of the bands signed to 'Record Records', the Icelandic indie label that's celebrating its fifth birthday this week. Together with music from Nils...A Swedish sm?rgasbord special this week as Harvey interviews Little Dragon, when they met at Malm? Festival. Continuing... See details
Fri, 2012-10-12 15:11
A Swedish sm?rgasbord special this week as Harvey interviews Little Dragon, when they met at Malm? Festival. Continuing on his journey, he chats to one of the organisers of Gastefestivalen in Lund, which takes place amongst a network of treehouses. Beefing up the Nordic melange, there's also music...The last Nordorama in the current series as SOAS Radio heads into its summer break. While the gremlins rewire our... See details
Tue, 2012-07-24 14:25
The last Nordorama in the current series as SOAS Radio heads into its summer break. While the gremlins rewire our equipment and spruce up the studio, why not put this show on loop for a few weeks until I return? You'll almost want to, with the sweet voices of Jens Lekman and Anna J?rvinen, plus...Another hour of top quality ear-yoga, with a higher percentage of orchestral based music this week, be it klezmer-fused... See details
Tue, 2012-07-10 13:40
Another hour of top quality ear-yoga, with a higher percentage of orchestral based music this week, be it klezmer-fused Finnish folk music, smooth jazz, or a particularly glorious piece of music from Efterklang. Also on the show some music from Benni Hemm Hemm, a Swedish collaboration with...Toby Gough is surely the world guru of theatre-land. His impressive cross-cultural portfolio of hit shows & musicals... See details
Thu, 2012-06-14 20:54
Toby Gough is surely the world guru of theatre-land. His impressive cross-cultural portfolio of hit shows & musicals reads like a global map. ?Brazil! Brazil!?, ?Merchants of Bollywood?, ?Salsa! Salsa!?....With projects in Barbados, Thailand, Malawi & Sri Lanka....this maverick director & writer...An even-more-electric show this week, with special guests Simian Ghost, plus Nutid, Barry Andrewsin Disko and eletronic... See details
Tue, 2012-06-12 18:17
An even-more-electric show this week, with special guests Simian Ghost, plus Nutid, Barry Andrewsin Disko and eletronic music pioneer Ralph Lundsten, alongside some jazz from Icelandic New Yorker Sunna Gunnlaugs. Bright colours for stormy weather, deep sounds for a shallow...Trained in Indian classical music, Jon Sterckx employs live multitrack sampling and audio processing to create... See details
Sat, 2012-06-09 03:00
Trained in Indian classical music, Jon Sterckx employs live multitrack sampling and audio processing to create magnificent percussive soundscapes. Each composition by Jon provides a unique journey through all quarters of the world built around his inter-continental range of drums: tablas, riq,...An extra special ever-so-slightly extended edition of Nordorama for you, presented from Incidentally Nordic #2, a night... See details
Wed, 2012-06-06 16:47
An extra special ever-so-slightly extended edition of Nordorama for you, presented from Incidentally Nordic #2, a night of iridescent music put on by Project fresh Socks and Joe Atari at The Queen of Hoxton. Featuring music and interviews from Casa Murilo, Bard Watn, Ulla Nova and the not-so-Nordic...Eleanoora Rosenholm and newly emerging hip-hip duo Eagger Stunn put the 'ram' into Nordorama this week. Also featuring... See details
Tue, 2012-05-29 04:00
Eleanoora Rosenholm and newly emerging hip-hip duo Eagger Stunn put the 'ram' into Nordorama this week. Also featuring on the magical playlist is a jaunty harmonica quartet, the Nordic adventures of Miles Davis and some Finnish electropop dedicated to Gandhi.
TRACKLIST
Hollow Talk - Choir Of...Harvey Bruce chats to Norwegian songstress Hanne Hukkelberg about her fifth studio album 'Featherbrain' and the... See details
Tue, 2012-05-08 12:34
Harvey Bruce chats to Norwegian songstress Hanne Hukkelberg about her fifth studio album 'Featherbrain' and the inspirational sounds you can find on your coffee table. As if that wasn't enough, we have a Finnish cover of a 50s Italian hit, and d?but singles from Mirel Wagner and Tilbury. Guaranteed...Today's show features heady harmonies, footstomping Swede-Senegalese collaboration, and hand-tingling accordions (and... See details
Tue, 2012-04-24 03:00
Today's show features heady harmonies, footstomping Swede-Senegalese collaboration, and hand-tingling accordions (and now I listen back, I think TWO musical saws). Music from Hanne Hukkelberg, Peter Bjorn And John and Efterklang. A sultry mix of sounds designed to lead you from the grit of the...Harvey is joined in the studio by special guest presenter Tuuli Manninen, who has a new photography exhibition in... See details
Tue, 2012-04-10 19:47
Harvey is joined in the studio by special guest presenter Tuuli Manninen, who has a new photography exhibition in Brixton. A selection of tracks from her childhood in Finland are accompanied by tracks from Danish reggae artist Natasja, and from the new posthumous album by the Esbj?rn Svensson...In this first episode, Harvey Bruce eases you into a thermal spring of audio heaven, with a cross-section of tracks... See details
Tue, 2012-04-03 16:01
In this first episode, Harvey Bruce eases you into a thermal spring of audio heaven, with a cross-section of tracks from across all the Nordic regions. Featuring hip hop from Sweden, Norwegian jazz, pioneering Danish electro and a track from Bj?rk?s latest album, Biophilia, plus you?ll also be...This episode, we will travel North to where light is scarce in winter and abundant in summer: Sweden. A musician and a... See details
Sun, 2011-01-23 02:00
This episode, we will travel North to where light is scarce in winter and abundant in summer: Sweden. A musician and a saw-mill worker set to revive its small bagpipes in the 80s. These are known as the s?ckpipa. Sweden has a long history with bagpipes, and the sound of them, sweet and mellow is...
