The Nordic Sound with Jameson Foster

Send us Fan Mail Anatoly Pakhalenko of Nytt Land joins the Nordic Sound Channel to talk about Midgardsblot, making music as a family, their American music influences inspiring the upcoming EP Blood of the West, and connecting with your land and home through music. Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordicsound Bar Monica Ember George Bets Carrie Gen L...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this episode we have a first - someone who I've met before interviewing! Jonas and I met at Fire in the Mountains and again at Midgardsblot and this renaissance man somehow found the time to join us to talk about his music, his experience making music for the Northman, and how music festivals can bring people together communally as well as spiritually. Sup...

Send us Fan Mail Kjell-Erik and Bjorn of Hoven Droven - one of my long-time favorite Swedish bands - join the channel to talk about their 30 years as a band, how they keep things fresh, and what it was like approaching their latest album. As I like to say: if you don't listen to Hoven Droven, are you really even living? Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Pat...

Send us Fan Mail Patreon This week I was humbled to be joined by Benny Braaten of Folket Bortafor Nordavinden on the Nordic Sound Channel. Benny is a grizzled veteran of the Nordic music scene and it was he and the rest of FBN who led the ceremonial music for this year's Midgardsblot. Among many things, Benny shares his wisdom and experiences after many years of finding himself as a musician....

Send us Fan Mail It's with great pleasure that I present my lovely conversation with Runahild to you all - the channel's second guest! Together we talk about her becoming Runahild, her music as healing, and why Midgardsblot is such a special place. Check out her newest album Wounded Healer - you won't be disappointed! Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons ove...

Send us Fan Mail Starting today, for the price of a to-go coffee a month, you can help keep the lights on around here and in return you get some pretty neat bonuses. Listen to the episode or watch the youtube video, and head on over to patreon.com/thenordicsoundchannel to become a patron today and toss a coin to your skald :) Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Pa...

Send us Fan Mail How does one even begin to "review" a Heilung album? Unless you haven't been on Youtube since 2017, Heilung is a music group with such a unique musical, spiritual, and performative experience, that reviewing their music is quite a daunting task. However, because it's Jameson's job, he's going to try anyway using the album's single "Tenet&quo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nordic Sound Channel, Jameson discusses his mixed feelings on the latest album from Amon Amarth - the Swedish metal band that got him hooked on Nordic metal in the first place. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment/review to help grow the show! Nordicsoundchannel.com (P.s. reminder that Cricket the parrot is my cohost, and will chime in with his...

Send us Fan Mail For the last episode of the summer, Jameson returns to review and discuss Wardruna's latest album, his trip to the Fire in the Mountain Festival in the Tetons, and his upcoming trip to Midgardsblót in Norway. Follow the instagram account @nordicsoundchannel or the subreddit r/nordicsound Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordics...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're taking a listen to up-and-coming artist Sara Futtrup and her beautiful jazzy album with a folk touch "Jordens Åndedrag" or "Breath of the Earth". Catch it wherever you listen to music! Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordicsound Bar Monica Ember George Bets Carrie Gen Leigh Mike Cindy Clayton Dr...

Send us Fan Mail We return to our regularly scheduled programming this week to get to know one of my favorite Swedish music acts, Hoven Droven! Their 2021 album "Trad" is nominated for an Swedish Grammy which will be hosted in a few weeks. Let's have a listen to this chaotic folk-rock-jazz fusion band's latest album to see what there is to love about Hoven Droven (spoiler: ther...

Send us Fan Mail Today we kick off a two-part series re-evaluating late-19th century composers whose legacies were forever marred by the Nazi occupation of Norway. In this episode, we talk about Christian Sinding, who, in his own time, was considered an equal of Grieg and Svendsen despite having nothing to do with Norwegian nationalism or patriotism and most of his success coming from Germany. Do...

Send us Fan Mail With marching giants, fiddling trolls, and roaring saga dramas, Johan Halvorsen brought his love of all things dramatic and theatrical to the music life of Oslo through the 300+ concerts he led over the course of his 20 year career, and his music is everything you could want from a staunch Norwegianist composer. Not to mention making opera popular in Norway, which was no small fea...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're going to follow up on a discussion about Faroese music tradition with Ale Carr and talk about the Faroese ring dance tradition while also bringing Faroese metal act Tyr's latest collaboration with the Faroe Island Symphony Orchestra, "Night at the Nordic House" into the conversation. This is the Channel's first episode about heavy metal, so I h...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode I sit down with Ale Carr of Dreamers' Circus - the channel's very first guest! Ale and I talk about some of the history behind traditional Nordic Folk music as we know it today and the vision behind the music of Dreamers' Circus - particularly how it plays into their upcoming album and their most recent single Brestiskvæ∂i (Brestiskvaedi), ba...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue our Hardanger fiddling marathon with Norwegian music titan Knut Buen. Join the mailing list at theamericanskald.com for early access to next Monday's interview with Ale Carr of Dreamers' Circus! Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordicsound Bar Monica Ember George Bets Carrie Gen Leigh Mike Cindy Clayton D...

Send us Fan Mail To kick off our two week Hardanger fiddle marathon, we're going to be looking at a captivating up-and-coming Hardanger fiddlers Johanne Flottorp with her newest album "Hitterdal" and take a peak at the latest Northern Belle single Chicago - the Norwegian/Americana fusion band she fiddles for. Very cool stuff! Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its pat...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I ask you to join me in learning the life and legacy of one of music history's most beloved, but just as misunderstood composers, Edvard Grieg. This special episode is essentially my thesis condensed into a 30 minute podcast episode, and will cover Grieg's upbringing, education, personal life, his place as Scandinavia's most significant musicians, and the...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'll be reviewing one of "new nordic" folk band Dreamers' Circus' singles for their upcoming EP "Lost Swans". Visit theamericanskald.com to join the mailing list, or join the reddit community over at r/nordicsound to join in on the conversation! Support the show The Nordic Sound is supported by its patrons over on Patreon.com/nordicsoun...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we get to know a Norwegian titan of old - a virtuoso-turned-symphonist hailed in his own time as a masterful composer and conductor, who has since fallen out of the spotlight of music history. His works include grand sweeping symphonies, a captivating violin concerto complete with moving lyrical passages and invigorating dance rhythms, and of course, folk tune arrangeme...

Send us Fan Mail [NOTE: Podcasting apps are adding a dead-air period of about 20 seconds after the intro. This dead air is not present on the Buzzsprout website. Hopefully it will get fixed soon!] Welcome to the newest addition to the Nordic Sound Channel - The Nordic Sound Today, where I will be reviewing and discussing current events and releases in the world of Nordic music and culture. Today,...

Send us Fan Mail This week is the first part of a two part series looking at Norway's symphonic beginnings, where we get to know Otto Winter-Hjelm, a somewhat obscure, but nevertheless charismatic, figure of Norwegian music history. Remember to like, subscribe, comment, and leave a review, and follow the channel over at r/nordicsound or americanskald.nordicsound on Instagram! Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we learn about the life and legacy of one of Norway's most compelling soloists, Agathe Backer-Grøndahl. Along with Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen, Agathe was one of the leading figures of Norway's "Golden Age" of music. Performance of "Tre Sanger" by Noelle McMurtry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck6uipiKMcc Support the show The Nor...

Send us Fan Mail Halfdan Kjerulf may not be as widely known as Ole Bull, but he played an equally important role in the development of Norway's classical music culture on the home front. Come and learn about what made this composer so unique, and why he's known to some as the "Norwegian Schubert" Syng, Syng Nattergal Du: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jotKFzcY7FU Piano Miniatu...

Send us Fan Mail From Robert Schumann to Franz Liszt, the King of Denmark to the Queen Dowager of Naples, and from Mark Twain to Longfellow, Ole Bull left a lasting impression on all who heard him play, yet his legacy has somehow been lost to time. Join me in learning about this "Paganini of the North" and how he went from failing out of college to winning the hearts and minds of audienc...