Global Rhythm Magazine's November 2002 issue, spotlights Sweden. Garmarna graces the cover, with articles featuring many other NorthSide artists. The magazine also comes with a FREE CD with tracks by Garmarna, Väsen, Hoven Droven, Harv, Ranarim, and Frifot.
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 Friday, September 13

The 2002 Nordic Roots Festival complete performance and workshop schedules and information can be found at www.nordicroots.org. This includes Mari Boine's replacment on Sunday night with Hedningarna (featuring singers Tellu and Liisa Matveinen).
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 Friday, July 12

The Cedar Cultural Center is now hosting and maintaining the website for the Nordic Roots Festival. The address is www.nordicroots.org . Check here for all of the latest festival information.
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 Tuesday, August 14

Värttinä's performance at the 2001 Nordic Roots Festival can be seen on Minneapolis Public Access Cable TV. Channel 67, Saturday August 18 at 8:30 pm and on Channel 17, Sunday August 26 at 11:00 pm.
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 Wednesday, July 11

KFAI radio will broadcast Ellika Frisell's concert from Nordic Roots Festival 2001 on the show "Century Song" -- Sunday, July 15th (9-11am central time). Listen online at www.kfai.org.
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 Tuesday, June 26

Rhythm Magazine on Harv: "Magnus and Daniel boil and bake traditional fiddle tunes alone and with deep resonant drums and willow flutes, as the melodies bubble and simmer over a drone of low fiddle notes."
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 Thursday, June 14

The Mountain Stage show with Swåp will air the week after June 15th. On their site you can also find your local station that airs the show and time.
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 Friday, May 18

While we are on the subject of Internet resources for Nordic music, you'll find the "New Nordic" discussion list a great place to exchange links and info about the scene. Click here for more info.
posted at 1:57 PM

cdRoots (www.cdroots.com) describes itself as "A unique, small retailer of music from around the world." They carry a number of Nordic import titles, and you can click to order. Once you've exhausted the entire NorthSide & Omnium catalogs (!), this could be your next step in the relentless pursuit of exciting international music online.
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 Wednesday, May 9

Wisconsin Public Radio's Simply Folk with Judy Rose program will broadcast the first half of the Nyckelharpa Orchestra's Madison concert (recorded in April) on June 17th.
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 Monday, April 16

KFAI radio (90.3 and 106.7 FM) is broadcasting and webcasting a number of Festival artist interviews starting Wednesday the 18th, as well as the entire Friday night concert with Ranarim and Hoven Droven.
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 Friday, April 13

Nordic Roots Festival tickets are selling quickly. Check the website for the latest updates. Just added, a second midnight concert with fiddler Ellika Frisell.
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 Wednesday, April 11

Twin Cities Public Television (www.tpt.org) presents "Nordic Roots Music," a 1-hour program with NorthSide artists Hedningarna, Ola Bäckstrom, Frifot, Sanna, Groupa, Swåp, Hoven Droven, Gjallarhorn, and Väsen.

In the Twin Cities see it on Channel 2 at:

• Wed. 18th @ 11 pm
  
• Thu. 19th @ 5 am
  
• Sun. 22nd @ 11 pm
  
• Mon. 23rd @ 5 am
  
• plus Thu. 26th @ 10 pm on Channel 17.

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 Thursday, April 5

Nordic Roots Festival complete workshop schedule is up now. Eight sessions with masters of instruments such as fiddle, nyckelharpa, jews harp, accordion, and the human voice.
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A special Midnight show on Friday April 20 has been added for the Hurdy-Gurdy Project (Stefan from Garmarna and Totte from Hedningarna). All part of the Nordic Roots Festival April 19-22 in Minneapolis.
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 Monday, April 2

CMJ New Music Monthly has an interview with Värttinä.
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 Wednesday, March 21

Nordic Roots Festival Update: A preliminary workshop schedule has just been posted.
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Nordic Internet Radio: Listen to a continuous stream of Nordic music via live365.com. Type "Nordic Roots" into the search field, or try this direct link. Note: the site seems to require Internet Explorer.
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 Monday, March 5

Wimme is interviewed on National Public Radio's All Things Considered today. The 5-minute piece will run at the end of the program. Check the NPR website for broadcast times in your area.
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 Thursday, March 1

Today's updates include a new look for the Nordic Roots Festival page, and On-Liner Notes for Värttinä's Oi Dai.
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 Wednesday, February 21

Updated "On-Liner Notes" pages with lyrics include both albums from Loituma and Frifot's album SummerSong.
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A new site for Nordic roots video is up now: www.tvfolk.net. See Bäsk, Frifot, Garmarna, Hedningarna, Anders Norudde, Swåp, Triakel and more. Requires the QuickTime browser plugin, broadband connection recommended.
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 Friday, February 16

Tuesday February 27th, Värttinä's Ilmatar is a Global Hit on Public Radio International's The World.
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Complete lyrics in Danish and English are up now for both NorthSide albums by Sorten Muld.
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 Tuesday, February 13

In a quick stopover in the Twin Cities, Gjallarhorn visited the studios of Twin Cities Public Television (TPT). Their appearance may be broadcast throughout Minnesota on the Newsnight MN program Thursday February 15th. Check local listings for confirmation. The performance will be archived on the TPT website.
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 Wednesday, February 7

Värttinä's Ilmatar reviewed in CMJ: "A stunning tour de force, its breathtaking female vocals soar atop an ever-changing six-piece instrumental backdrop."
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 Wednesday, January 31

Hotel information has been updated for the 2001 Nordic Roots Festival.
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 Monday, January 29

Added today: Sorten Muld III. Both the Sorten Muld and the new Värttinä albums have been shipped to members of our Buyers Service.
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 Friday, January 19

Just added to the website: Värttinä's new album Ilmatar and updates to the Tours page.
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 Tuesday, January 16

Frifot will be seen on TV in Minnesota tonight. They're playing on Newsnight Minnesota from Twin Cities Public Television. Their performance is archived for web view...find the January 16 show and scroll to the 22-minute mark.
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 Monday, January 8

"From the rollicking dance tunes Frifot can melt to just this side of silence, evoking the introspection of the monastery in a cappella ancient religious songs." -- Philadelphia City Paper
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 Friday, January 5

Gjallarhorn's latest album Sjofn was named one of the top releases of 2000 in the www.rootsworld.com Readers Poll.
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Read an interview on www.rootsworld.com with Hughes De Courson, member of French folk-rock band Malicorne, and producer of Värttinä's new CD Ilmatar. The NorthSide edition of the album is eagerly awaited -- it will be in stores February 13th.
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 Tuesday, January 2

Master accordionist Maria Kalaniemi's Ahma has already shipped to our Buyers Service members and will be in stores January 23rd.
posted at 1:15 PM

Happy new year! We're now using Blogger to pop up our bits of news to the web.
posted at 12:53 PM

Wimme's Cugu in Rolling Stone "Albums of the Year from Under the Radar and Off the Map"

WIMME, Cugu (NorthSide, CD): Another quiet storm from the top of the world. A native of Finnish Sámiland, Wimme Saari sings a modernist variation of yoik, the traditional style of a cappella folk song, in which the guttural electricity of his animistic voice is enriched by snowfall keyboards, hearty woodwinds (blowing somewhere between free jazz and aboriginal drone) and seductive dance beats. The buoyancy of the music and the pictorial force of Wimme's cantorial singing erase any notion that he is selling out his culture. Cugu is colorful and honest fusion, the sound of a birthright reborn."--David Fricke Rolling Stone 1/18/01
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