Back for its third season, Melody A.M., the Nordic Music Podcast, celebrates music and musicians from Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland and the Faroe Islands.
Through interviews with a variety of (mostly) musical guests, the podcast delves into life in the Nordic region and explores what inspires some of the best acts hailing from these countries.
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Nina Persson joins Melody A.M. for a conversation about her superb new work with the duo KITE as well as a look-back on her musical career, which spans three successful decades.
Famous for being the super-charismatic lead of popular Swedish band, The Cardigans, Persson started her career with the group in Jönköping in the early 1990s.
With massive international hits like “Carnival”, “Lovefool, “My Favourite Game” and “Erase / Rewind”, the band have managed to garner and maintain a significant global fanbase, whose loyalty has not waned despite the fact that the last Cardigans studio album came out in 2005.
Over the years, Nina has consistently tested the tether of her creativity, complementing her Cardigans projects with solo releases, not to mention a second band she started in 2001, A Camp.
Two years ago she joined James Yorkston and the Stockholm-based Second Hand Orchestra on a beautiful record called The Great White Sea Eagle, which marked something of a departure from her other releases, not merely on account of being an album recorded entirely as a live session.
After years spent living in the United States, Nina’s return to her homeland has deepened her connection with Sweden and, in our interview, she tells Melody A.M. about her favourite corner of the country. She also engages patiently and thoughtfully with a question she must get asked all the time: why can’t we have another Cardigans studio record?
Check out our Nina Persson playlist with a collection of highlights from her rich discography - you’ll find it at melodyam.com/nina (http://melodyam.com/nina)
3 Feb 2025
DWARA
Finnish artist DWARA (Anni Kaismala) joins Melody A.M. for an in-depth conversation about all things music.
Hailing from Karttula - a part of Finland’s Kuopio region - Anni has lived in different corners of the world including India, Italy and the UK, and it was her collaboration with Spanish musician and producer, Khotton, which eventually brought about her move to Madrid, where she is currently based.
Anni has been steadily building her musical body of work since 2020, when her first single, Power, came out just before the world went into lockdown. Anni’s rich and diverse range of releases means that it would be lazy to slot the DWARA and Khotton musical universe into just one or even two genres. Theirs is a much more involved and sprawling catalogue, covering pop, rock, folk and electronica.
There’s a real strength in that, because it’s hard to get bored listening to DWARA with her discography offering surprises at every turn. Take, for example, the song There’s nothing I can’t do: it starts off as one thing and mutates through the bridge and then the chorus into something completely other.
In our interview, Anni tells Melody A.M. about the forthcoming EP, 'Plenty', as well as what her and Khotton’s creative process looks like. We also talk about being able to tell your friends “I love you” and living for the sake of the now.
Check out our DWARA playlist with some of the best moments from Anni’s discography to date. You'll find it at www.melodyam.com/dwara
20 Dec 2024
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Päivi Hirvonen, a virtuosic Finnish musician, explores the intersection of tradition and innovation in folk music, blending the fiddle and jouhikko to create a unique sound that's redefining the genre.
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