The Musician's Journey Podcast

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Lead vocals: Thale Krogtoft Banjo: Mikael Jonassen Choir: Christina Strøm and Stefan Strømnes Thale Krogtoft on Soundcloud Photo by Eirill Delonge. Podcast soundtrack by Ani Amer.

My Christmas Song (by Vasile Baghiuc) This Christmas Eve I’ll think of you dear old friends I miss you too. I’ll lit a candle bright and true on a tree branch for each of you. I’ll decorate it red and blue with bright and warm thoughts about you. This Christmas Eve I’ll sing for you. My Christmas song, is true. This Christmas Eve each family near and far they’ll sing with glee the songs they wish...

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'I Will Follow You' on Spotify Image by Maria Linn. Podcast soundtrack by Ani Amer.

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Robbie Tucker presents 'Donder's Last Flight' from his "first and only Christmas album", 'Peppermints'. 'Peppermints' on Bandcamp , get a hearty discount with the code mjpgift. Podcast soundtrack by Ani Amer. For any comments, go to ragnhildwesenberg.com/podcast

Russian/Swedish musician Nina Grigorjeva has been through a fascinating journey of various instruments and genres. A very small selection of her many different projects are represented in this episode. 00:00 'Äckligt Bra' 00:56 Introduction 01:45 Nina introduces herself 04:53 It started with woodwind instruments 08:00 Using the voice and finding one's way 13:55 The classical camp and the folk camp...

Swedish musician Caspar Swahn, is following his dreams which are taking him to India, the forest, and the Swedish desert. The music featured in this episode is by Jordero, Mollycoddle and Desert Blues Suédois. 00:00 'Sat Siri Akaal' by Jordero 01:13 Introduction 02:06 Caspar introduces himself 06:33 Musical curiosity and the road to Indian music 12:23 'Take me to the forest' by Jordero 12:42 Learn...

Iranian composer Kaveh Vares has found a home for himself in The Netherlands. In this episode he shares his words and music with us. 00:00 'Shams El Qoloub' from Bihar El Hawa (EP with Karima el Fillali and Daniel Tiuri Wils) 00:47 Introduction 01:17 Kaveh introduces himself 12:45 From Iran to Amsterdam 14:10 'Fenix' (Netflix series) 14:48 Versatility, economical safety and imposter syndrome for a...

Hanna Olsson is a Swedish musician and frontwoman in the metal band 'Nocean'. They are releasing their new album just before Halloween, and this episode features some audio excerpts from their latest singles. 00:00 'The Phantom' 01:36 Introduction (and guitar solo!) 03:35 Hanna introduces herself 08:28 How to approach starting and running a band 13:27 'The Hope' 14:19 About Nocean's new show, 'Aur...

Canadian musician Robbie Tucker, released his seventh album last summer, titled 'Blue Candy'. In this episode he talks about the making of the album, how he incorporated elements of his childhood into the lyric videos, and the challenges of Parkinson's disease. All the songs in this episode are from the album 'Blue Candy'. 00:00 'Dee' 02:34 Introduction 03:33 Robbie introduces himself 07:40 Blue C...

Lithuanian musician Liepa Kazlauskaitė, while studying computational biology, is making beautiful music influenced by folk music and Jungian philosophy. The songs in this episode are by 'Mainuo'. 00:00 'Juodos gulbės' 02:26 Introduction 03:42 Liepa introduces herself 07:50 Mainuo's upcoming album, Jungian philisophy, and inspiration 16:00 Improvisation 19:16 Biology 21:28 Visions, archetypes, folk...

Pianist Anne Veinberg, based in the Netherlands, is exploring all kinds of various acoustic and digital and microtonal pianos, as well as in combination with live coding and Augmented Reality. Some excerpts from her performances are featured in this episode. 00:00 CodeKlavier 'ARquatic' (excerpt), with Felipe I. Noriega 00:46 Introduction 01:54 Anne introduces herself 04:12 From Bach to the contem...

Swedish artist Stefan Bäcklund, joined me one early autumn evening to talk about where he is at in his musical journey. Some of his songs are featured in this episode. 00:00 'With You By My Side' 03:03 Introduction 03:36 About teaching 06:07 Stefan introduces himself 07:35 More about teaching 10:36 Through the early years to the tiny house 15:19 Routines 15:58 'Ease' 17:38 Songwriting, creativity,...

Violinist Leah Meredith Meredith has been working full-time for the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for several years, and I seized the opportunity to give her all my orchestra-related questions... 00:00 Introduction 01:25 Enter: Leah 04:25 Daily practice 06:00 Auditioning for orchestras 12:25 Blending in with the orchestra or sticking out as a soloist 14:35 Feeling self-conscious, the magic of postur...

Gayle Skidmore has been writing songs all her life, and naturally she feels at home in this freelance musician world that I'm starting to explore myself. Two of her songs are featured in this episode. 00:00 'All My Life' 02:20 Introduction 03:25 Gayle introduces herself 06:13 Inspiring reflections on community 10:45 Being an American entrepreneur in The Netherlands 12:48 StageIt, Patreon, Ko-fi, S...

Norwegian musician and composer, Aron Dahl, is talking to us from Los Angeles where he's currently studying composition and film-making. The music in the episode are Aron's compositions, which includes parts of his saxophone concerto, and songs from his album 'Loosening Orion's Belt' from 2018. 00:00 'Alt flyter (Phanta Rei)' for saxophone and sinfonietta (2021) Participants: Oriol Pares (saxofon)...

Here is an episode about menstruation from the perspective of being a musician. I talk with Astrid Larsson and Hanna Åkerström from the Stockholm-based band called Goodnight Greatness, who earlier this year released a song called 'Six Days'. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 'Six Days' 03:47 Interview with Astrid Larsson and Hanna Åkerström 24:17 Ragnhild's account of being a menstruating musician (text be...

British musician Callum Plowright, is the singer-songwriter for a band I used to play with called 'Oh Howl'. Together with violinist Raphaela Cornut we played many gigs in Manchester, and we recorded a cd. The six songs on the cd are featured in this episode. 00:00 'Seize' 02:57 Introduction 04:12 Enter: Callum, and the Story of Oh Howl 16:57 'Seven Seals' 19:31 Callum's musical journey 27:39 'Unt...

Anthony Leigh Dunstan is an Australian/Dutch composer, writer and voice actor based in The Netherlands. We get to take part in the story of his journey as a musician, and we also get to hear several excerpts from his compositions. 00:00 'Huh' for solo baritone saxophone, performed by Ian Richter. (Anthony writes: "Huh is a piece for solo baritone sax that I wrote for Jay Byrnes in 2018. I got a me...