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Guitarist Hedvig Mollestad laces together jazz and metal with a sense of play

by Dave Cantor March 25, 2021August 18, 2021

Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad has an uncanny ability to merge rock and jazz in arrangements that transcend the cliches of both genres. On her new album, Ding Dong. You’re Dead. (Rune Grammofon), this hybrid sound is defined in no small part by a sense of play. She returns to her long-running trio following the 2020 […]

Posted inBlogs

Free Jazz and Improvisation on Vinyl 1965-1985 casts a loving eye on the heyday of the music

by Peter Margasak September 5, 2014August 18, 2021

The great Norwegian label Rune Grammofon pays tribute to its predecessors.

Norwegian folk singer Unni Løvlid
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In Rotation: Saxophonist Nick Mazzarella on John Coltrane in his own words

by Peter Margasak November 4, 2013August 19, 2021

Current musical obsessions of saxophonist Nick Mazzarella and drummer Frank Rosaly

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Danny Brown’s thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg, Bill Meyer and Philip Montoro September 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including Traxman’s user-friendly footwork.

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The second album from Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad brings jazz sophistication to hard rock crunch

by Peter Margasak June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad’s jazzy hard rock (or hard rocking jazz)

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Deerhunter’s dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews

by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Philip Montoro, Tal Rosenberg, Luca Cimarusti, Monica Kendrick and Bill Meyer May 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Reviews of 15 current releases from all over the world of music: Deerhunter, Altar of Plagues, and lots more

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Norway’s Phaedra: Folk Without Ancestors

by Peter Margasak May 12, 2011August 19, 2021

The gorgeous debut album from Oslo’s Phaedra is wonderfully hard to pigeonhole.

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Two Great Pop Shows on Sunday

by Peter Margasak June 18, 2010August 19, 2021

Two exquisite but very different pop shows Sunday night: Norway’s Susanna & the Magical Orchestra at Schubas and brilliant Chicago recluse Liam Hayes and his band Plush at the Hideout

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Other Sides of Wildbirds & Peacedrums

by Peter Margasak February 16, 2010August 19, 2021

Sweden’s great Wildbirds & Peacedrums play the Metro on Thursday, and the members’ other musical outlets are worth your attention too.

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