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Norwegian Panorama:

Festival Sounds of the North in Gdansk

In 2010 Sounds of the North is dedicated to Norway. During the whole week in the middle of summer Gdańsk will be a meeting place with Norwegian culture and musical tradition. Because of the great care for saving and creative interpretation of their tradition, Norwegians can be proud of many original folk bands and well educated musicians.
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Norwegian traditional music in the mid of South Norway:

Jørn Hilme Festival this week!

One of Norway’s largest folk music festivals has just started, and will present concerts, dance evenings in beautiful surroundings at the Valdres Folk Museum, workshops, competitions and a great atmosphere.
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New CD:

Hardanger fiddle music from Valdres

- The intention with this recording has not been to mimic an archaic playing style, but rather to acknowledge what the style has meant to Jan Beitohaugen Granli and show the inherent power of this music. The forgotten tunes and strange fingerings of the fiddlers at Beitohaugen seem to be fading from contemporary traditional music, the record label ta:lik states about this brand new album from master fiddler Jan Beitohaugen Granli.
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SONGS OF AN EXTENDED NORTH:

Unique collaboration performs at festival in Poland

Old songs and poetry from the Northern hemisphere are interwoven at the concerts with the ensemble "Songs of an extended North" with some of the foremost performers from the Norwegian music scene. July 29th they are performing on the Polish festival SOUNDS OF THE NORTH in Gdansk, a festival which this year dishes the highlight on Norwegian traditional music.
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Riksscenen:

Norway's new venue for Folk Music

Situated at Grünerløkka in Oslo, Riksscenen has held a few unofficial concerts this year, but the official opening of this grand new venue is Septemer 9th, at the opening of the festival Folkelarm.
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Landsfestivalen:

Folk Music Competition at Nordfjordeid

Weekend July 14th-18th Landsfestivalen is held at Nordfjordeid, on the North Western coast of Norway. Landsfestivalen is a national competition focusing on the Folk Music repertoire referred to as "turning dance music".
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Folk Music festivals in Norway:

Folk Music throughout the summer!

If you are in Norway this summer, you may hear all kinds of folk music if you visit one or more of the many festivals in Norway focusing on World and Folk traditions. The first festival coming up is Førde Folk Music Festival.