DDE songwriter Frode Viken believes that there has been a critical allergy towards DDE in the Norwegian media. Music critic Audun Vinger in Dagens Nærligsliv does not agree. Here is the story of how "Det går likar no" was written.
GAFFA calls Dyveke Kuløy "the next big thing from music Norway." Here, the former LIPA student talks to TONO Magazine about her debut single "Gabriel" (2013), about the occasional need to "kill one's darlings" and how she has brought in a stellar cast of indie musicians on her upcoming debut album.
Ingrid Olava calls it “a beautiful madness”; believing fully and firmly in one's own originality when writing yet another love song after millions of artists have sung “baby, baby, baby” before you.
Some songs are made for radio. Mania with Babel Fish is one of them. In 1997, it charmed Norwegian radio stations and went to number 1 on the radio chart the same day the band signed a record deal with Atlantic Records in New York City.
Which artist sang the chorus on One 2 Many's "Downtown" before she became a world star on the same record label? What were the lyrics on the demo that Jan Øvland pitched to Dag Kolsrud like? Read more here about it and Dag's story about how the song took shape.
Oslo Gospel Choir's "Tusen julelys" became a monumental bestseller for Jan Sollesnes in Stageway, Erling Johannessens BMG and the Strømmestiftelsen Christmas 1992. Over six months earlier, the choir and their founder, conductor, composer and producer Tore Wilhelm Aas had a democratic vote in which they decided to do the songs in Norwegian instead of English. Oslo […]
Fredrik William Olsen in Kråkesølv had to take some action when "E du med mæ" became too compatible with P3.
Mathea-Mari Glittenberg (13) MGPjr with the song "#online". We spoke to the young talent about songwriting.
The eternal question for many in the music industry is: "How do I get this song on NRK P3?" The beat music collective Rytmeklubben in Trondheim has cracked the code.
Team Me is one of the country's most acclaimed independent bands. Songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Marius Drogsås Hagen talks about how the P3 hit "the All Time High" was composed and went through what he calls an "idiot check" before recording.