Aug 2nd, 2008 · After decades of producing solo albums, renowned American folk musicians Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet have released their first collaboration, Cross the Water. Here, they talk about their musical partnership and their influences in traditional Scandinavian and Balkan music.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · While Teitur's music hasn't reached many fans in the U.S., he's the Faroe Islands' most famous singer-songwriter. Music journalist Christian Bordal spoke with the singer about his music, his storytelling, and life growing up in the remote Scandinavian islands.
May 19th, 2008 · Put a quarter in the BPP Jukebox to hear a live performance of "To Be Surprised," a track recorded by Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche at the Bryant Park Project studios.
Jan 16th, 2008 · IKEA doesn't just pick cute Scandinavian words for its products. There's actually a method to the madness. Bathroom fixtures are named after Scandinavian bodies of water. Bedding is named with words associated with sleep, comfort and cuddling. A popular rug is called "Ludde," which can mean fuzzy. Linguist Nanna Ericsson cracks the code.
Oct 17th, 2007 · The music on 21-year-old Norwegian Susanne Sundfor's "Walls" brings to mind a Scandinavian combination of Carole King and Rufus Wainwright. Sundfor's voice is as elastic as it is fervent, mixing an R&B belter's passion with a '70s folkie's sense of melody.
Sep 18th, 2007 · U.S. sperm banks are running out of Scandinavian sperm because of an FDA ban. Claus Rodgaard, manager of the sperm bank Cryos International in New York City, talks to sperm demands and the shortage.
Jun 29th, 2006 · Portugal's Luiz Felipe Scolari and England's Sven-Goran Eriksson are top international soccer coaches. The resemblance pretty much ends there. The World Cup paths of Scolari, a hot-blooded, mustachioed South American, and Eriksson, a cool, fair-haired Scandinavian, cross in the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday.
Feb 7th, 2006 · Cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, first printed in a Danish newspaper last September, continue to stoke furor in Islamic communities across the globe. Madeleine Brand speaks with Julian Isherwood, reporting from Copenhagen for the BBC, about reaction in the Scandinavian nation to the growing controversy.