SETESDAL, A WINDING valley to the north of Kristiansand in southern Norway, was once a place of traditions little changed since medieval times. Chief among these were song and dance marked by ...

One of the most remarkable aspects of the Scandinavian music scene, no matter what the musical space, is how fluid it is, and how few borders exist—if any exist at all. Anything is possible. The three ...

With the upsurge of jazz artists from around the world comes the realization that, with a melting-pot aesthetic defining jazz across the broadest possible spectrum, source material is expanding far ...

Geitungen, a folk music trio from Norway, will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Gyda Varden Sons of Norway Lodge in Grand Forks, playing tunes from its home area Rogaland. Musicians Håvard Ims, Olav ...

There were supposed to be 1,400 people packed into an auditorium Friday watching performances of Hispanic ballads, Norwegian folk songs and traditional stick dancing from the Northern Mariana Islands, ...

OSLO (Reuters Life!) - A priest has replaced traditional Norwegian church hymns during Sunday mass with pop songs such as U2's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" in a bid to renew his church's message and reach ...

NEW YORK - The Washington Island Scandinavian Fest Dancers received quite the present for their 75th anniversary. The group was named a winner of a $30,000 grant from the American-Scandinavian ...