Norway’s Øyafestivalen wrapped over the weekend with girl in red — one of the country’s best musical exports — bringing a raucous conclusion to four days of genre-spanning music. In addition to the ...

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What do you do when, having made your name writing sad indie-pop songs about depression, you find yourself suddenly happy? This question niggled at Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven as she began ...

Last year’s 25th anniversary of Øya Festival was a big one, but this year’s edition was a stormer. Headliners included Charli xcx, Chappell Roan and Queens Of The Stone Age (returning after last ...

As a marketing tool, “Bergen Beat” made sense. A Norwegian counterpart to Merseybeat might catch on (irrespective of some of the bands dubbed thus being in the mould of Cliff Richard & The Shadows or ...