Jameson Foster

The Nordic Sound with Jameson Foster

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What is the Nordic sound? Is there even a Nordic sound to begin with? Why has the music of the North long invited so much popular attention and imagination across the centuries? Join musicologist Jameson Foster as he explores the very question of music and Nordic cultural heritage through interviews with some of the most prominent musicians in the Nordic music scene today across genres, from black metal, to classical and trad folk, and everything in between. Remember: No Nazis in Valhalla.

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Jameson Foster

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[Norway] Episode 4: Unsung Women of Early Norwegian Romanticism, Olea Crøger and Camilla Collett 31.01.2022 9:36

Send us Fan Mail Today we get acquainted with two women whose work would set foundation for Norway's 'Golden Age' of music - the age that gave us Grieg, Svendsen, Backer-Grøhndal, and others. Alas, because of the male-dominated state of publishing, both Olea Crøger and Camilla Collett had to have their work published along with work done by men. Effectively, their names faded into t...

[Norway] Episode 3: Into the Mountains with Waldemar Thrane and L.M. Lindemann 24.01.2022 19:06

Send us Fan Mail If you came here for giants, fjords, witchcraft, and fairytales, then your time has finally come! For, with this week's composers, we're finally in the Romantic era with Waldemar Thrane's "Fjeldeventyret" and L.M. Lindemann's journeys through Western Norway in search of the "essence" of Norwegian music. Things are gonna get far more "No...

Welcome to Norway: A Nation Forged by Wind and Tide 17.01.2022 15:02

Send us Fan Mail And we're back! New episodes roughly every other Wednesday (depending on my course workload)! This first episode is meant to be a primer on Norwegian history up to the 18th century, when classical music in Norway really starts to get going. Be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and follow @american.skald on instagram and on the subreddit r/nordicsound! Visit my website theame...

[Norway] Episode 2: A Tale of Two Berlins, Johan Daniel and Johan Heinrich 17.01.2022 14:48

Send us Fan Mail This week we meet Norway's first two recorded composers: Johan Daniel and Johan Heinrich Berlin, representing the Baroque and Classical eras respectively! Episodes now on Youtube! Come visit me at theamericanskald.com or the r/nordicsound subreddit, or follow me on Instagram @american.skald or youtube at The American Skald channel. Don't forget to leave a comment, review...