Regina Tucker, known as Myra, is a lyricist of overwhelming breadth. She exudes the fearless self-assurance of hip-hop while also managing to be uniquely vulnerable. The text “Homeless in My Own City” falls into the latter category. Tucker puts thoughts and feelings into words that are both deeply personal and relatable. The text provides an intimate insight into personal outsider […]
Hanne Hukkelberg is an uncompromising artist who is always true to herself. This has resulted in a career full of varied and genre-crossing music. Her sixth album "Birthmark" is brimming with almost uncontrollable creativity, which nevertheless feels like it has a crystal-clear direction and coherence. This is a solid collection of compositions that clearly bear the mark of […]
“In the Cage” is part of Therese Birkelund Ulvo’s loudspeaker work “13 Ways to Tame a Beast”. The work is an installation and is performed in the form of six sound stations, or “worlds within the universe”, as Ulvo describes it herself. The movement, station, work or world “In the Cage” is a nuanced, slowly building tone poem, which explores the orchestra’s sonic potential […]
Songwriter Mira Thiruchelvam from 9 Grader Nord will challenge many listeners' understanding of their own musical taste with her debut album "Jaffna". The band themselves have chosen to describe their genre as progressive ethnic, but more words are needed to describe the emotional range and sometimes uncontrollable energy conveyed in the music. Thiruchelvam's compositions are fearless and […]
"Ekhidna" is a sonic journey you won't want to miss. The accomplished composer and jazz guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen has created a daring, hard, exploratory, and innovative masterpiece. The Greek monster Ekhidna, half woman and half snake, is personified through the music. It is virtuosic and rough. The transitions from free to unison, with queer time signatures […]