Skip to content
Monday, June 02, 2025

World Music Central

Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
World Music Central
Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
    • archive
    • Articles
    • Artist Profiles
    • Awards
    • Book Reviews
    • Album reviews
    • Charts
    • Concert reviews
    • Conferences
    • Editorials
    • Events
    • Film Reviews
    • General News
    • Interviews
    • Loop Collections
    • New Books
    • New CDs
    • New Films
    • New Releases
    • Obituaries
    • Tour Announcements
    • Tradeshows
    • Uncategorized
  • Contact Us
  • World Music Resources
    • Booking agents
    • World Music Festivals
    • Glossaries
      • Musical Instrument Glossary
    • Music Contests
    • Showcases
    • Musician Biographies
      • Afghan music
      • Algerian Music
      • American Music
      • Azerbaijani Music
      • Angolan Music
      • Bangladeshi music
      • Beninese Music
      • Burkinabe Music
      • Burundian Music
      • Cameroonian music
      • Cape Verdean music
      • Chinese Music
      • Congolese Music
      • Egyptian Music
      • Ethiopian Music
      • Gambian Music
      • Guinea Bissauan Music
      • Guinean Music
      • Indian Music
      • Iranian Music
      • Ivorian Music
      • Malian Music
      • Mauritanian Music
      • Norwegian Music
      • Mozambican Music
      • Sao Tomean Music
      • Scottish Music
      • Swiss Music
      • The Multifaceted World of Spanish Roots Music
      • Senegalese Music
      • Taiwanese Music
      • Tajik Music
      • Tanzanian Music
      • Turkish Music
    • Venues
  • Partners

Tag: Norwegian music

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Lars Underdal

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleLars UnderdalNorwayNorwegian music

Lars Underdal was born in 1971 in Vinje in Telemark (Norway), has studied with several fiddlers and at the renowned Ole Bull Academy in Voss.…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Lars Underdal
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Knut Hamre

Angel Romero March 2, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleKnut HamreNorwayNorwegian music

Knut Hamre was born in 1952 in Granvin, in Hardanger. He is one of Norway’s leading Hardanger fiddlers, and has created a distinctive mode of…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Knut Hamre
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Knut Buen

Angel Romero March 2, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleKnut BuenNorwayNorwegian music

Knut Buen, born in 1948, is one of Norway’s most outstanding Hardanger fiddle players. He has composed many new dance tunes and been instrumental in…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Knut Buen
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Karl Seglem

Angel Romero February 25, 2017 No Comments JazzKarl SeglemNorwayNorwegian musicworld jazz

  Karl Seglem was born in 1961 in Årdalstangen in Sogn. He’s one of the most important contemporary tenor saxophonists in Norway. With the group…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Karl Seglem
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: John Ole Morken

Angel Romero February 17, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleJohn Ole MorkenNorwayNorwegian music

John Ole Morken, born in 1979, is a native of Holtålen County in the region of Røndelag, Norway. Holtålen, located south of Trondheim and bordering…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: John Ole Morken
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Johan Sara Jr.

Angel Romero February 17, 2017 No Comments Johan Sara Jr.joikNorwayNorwegian musicSami music

Johan Sara Jr. was born in 1963. He is one of the leading artists in the Sami music area. His musical activities range over a…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Johan Sara Jr.
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Johan A. Andersen

Angel Romero February 17, 2017 No Comments Johan A. AndersenjoikNorwayNorwegian music

Johan Andreas Andersen was born in 1938. He preserves the traditional music of Unjárga/Nesseby in county Finnmark. He has collected a number of songs and…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Johan A. Andersen
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Jan Garbarek

Angel Romero February 12, 2017 No Comments Jan GarbarekJazzNorwayNorwegian musicsaxophone

Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek adopted the sounds of jazz, classical and world music at a very early age. He has collaborated with artists from various…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Jan Garbarek
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Inga Juuso

Angel Romero February 12, 2017 No Comments Inga JuusojoikNorwayNorwegian music

Inga Juuso was born October 5, 1945, in Mosjøen, Norway. She started performing as a singer in 1972, and was one of the most experienced…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Inga Juuso
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Hauk Buen

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 No Comments Hauk BuenNorwayNorwegian music

Hauk Buen (born 1933) came from Jondalen in Telemark (Norway). He belonged to a family of outstanding folk musicians, and was regarded as one of…

Share
View More Artist Profiles: Hauk Buen

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page

Recent Posts

  • Marc Crofts Reimagines Klezmer With Urban Myths
  • The Dulzaina, Spain’s Cherished Traditional Reed Instrument
  • Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia Take the Number One Spot of Transglobal World Music Chart for June 2025
  • Femi Kuti Ascends to the Top of NACC’s World Music Chart for the Week of May 27
  • Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia Rise to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for June 2025
  • Troubling Times Recalled
  • Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New Journey

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Archives

Tags

African music Afrobeat American folk music Arabic music Argentine music Bluegrass blues Brazil Brazilian music Celtic music Chinese music Cuba Cuban music fado fiddle Finnish music Flamenco flamenco guitar guitar India Indian classical music Indian music Ireland Irish folk music Italian music Jazz Latin jazz Malian music Middle Eastern music Norwegian music percussion Portugal Portuguese music Reggae salsa Scotland Scottish music Spain Spanish music Turkish music United States of America womex world fusion world jazz world music
World Music Central | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved