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Three years, two EPs and one album since his Siberian sojourn, Keith Birthday of Norwegian Arms has turned his focus away from the confines of his tiny apartment in the Taiga which largely informed the songs on Wolf Like a Stray Dog. That doesn't mean that the sunny folk music generated by his time in Tomsk, Russia has become any less relevant, or that the sound has changed drastically. Instead, it's morphed from real-time cultural awe and suffering to nostalgia, and while the memories remain, new ones have taken their place. That being said, nothing has, or perhaps ever will,...

Ex Norwegian is an indie rock band who formed in Miami Beach, FL in 2008. The band name is a Monty Python reference, and its current line-up consists of Roger Houdaille (vocals and bass guitar), Lucas Queiroz (guitar and vocals), Michelle Grand (vocals) and Alex Ibanez (drums). Previous band members include Nina Souto (bass and vocals) and Arturo Garcia (drums). Ex Norwegian launched at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City 2008 mere months after their formation, and released two singles: the irresistible Shins-styled folk-pop “Something Unreal” and the 7” vinyl release “Dance Trance Pants” which falls neatly somewhere...

The Norwegian Wind Ensemble is by wide margin Norway´s oldest orchestral institution, and thus one of the world´s oldest in continuous operation. As an example, Lloyd´s List, arguably the world´s first newspaper, was founded in that same year; 1734. (Our early history can actually be traced all the way back to the early 1600s…). For those “in the know”, it is widely recognized as the centerpiece of Norwegian institutional musical history and culture. For more than 260 years this orchestra was the regional military wind band within the Norwegian Army, based out of the looming blackened stone fortress of Fredriksten...

Peter Bull (b. 1984) is the name behind the act Norwegian Recycling. He was born in Aalesund, Norway, and now lives and studies in Byron Bay, Australia. Norwegian Recycling specializes in mashing together songs across genres. According to his Facebook page, he went on hiatus in 2013. https://www.facebook.com/#!/norwegianrecycling .