Melody A.M.

Feb 03 2025 34 ep. 41 mins 2

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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. www.melodyam.com

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DWARA

Feb 03 2025 43 mins

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, wher

PÄIVI HIRVONEN

Dec 20 2024 35 mins

Päivi Hirvonen is a musician, composer and singer, who's a linchpin figure in the Finnish folk music scene. Blending tradition with innovation, she is best known for being a true virtuoso when it comes to the fiddle and the jouhikko - a traditional Finnish bowed lyre. It’s an instrument which musicians almost entirely assigned to history by the early 20th century but - good news

MIN STORA SORG

Dec 06 2024 58 mins

Ann-Sofie Lundin, aka Min Stora Sorg, joins Melody A.M. for a conversation about divas, controversy, the challenges faced by independent creatives and making hypnotic, playful disco whilst also doing the laundry. A decade after the release of her debut album as Min Stora Sorg, Ann-Sofie reflects on the ups and downs of her career and the enduring collaborations (with close friend,

IONNALEE

Nov 07 2024 49 mins

The pod’s guest for this episode is Swedish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, director, water-colour painter, mother - both in the parental sense and the meme sense - ionnalee (Jonna Lee). With a career spanning over two decades and 9 studio albums, Jonna previously joined Chris and Doron for an interview in season 1 of Melody A.M. to discuss iamamiwhoami’s 2

MÖRMAID

Oct 15 2024 40 mins

This episode’s guest is Oslo-based creator, Live Sollid Schullerud, who produces progressive electro-pop under the act name, Mörmaid. Whilst Live is now associated with futuristic electronica, her musical roots lie in a very different genre: jazz. Before evolving into Mörmaid, she spent years as a jazz musician, an experience that Melody A.M. reckons continues to influence her

DINO MEDANHODZIC

Sep 06 2024 34 mins

Dino Medanhodzic is one of Sweden’s leading songwriters and producers: he’s a record maker and he’s a record breaker. Growing up in Arboga, a small town situated an hour and a half’s train journey westward from Stockholm, Dino started out as a guitarist in Death Metal bands at the age of 17. Not necessarily where you’d guess that the guy who has made pop history as the so

SANDRA KOLSTAD (with ASBJØRN)

Aug 23 2024 58 mins

Clever-pop is Norwegian singer-songwriter Sandra Kolstad’s craft. And that is not to say that her music isn't easily accessible or that there's any pretentiousness to it. Far from it! It’s just that her songs have a distinct… otherness, possibly as a result of the experiences Kolstad draws on from her other artistic occupations (including being a novelist, actor and c

KLEMENS HANNIGAN

Jul 26 2024 33 mins

Klemens Hannigan is one of the founders of and driving forces behind the beloved Icelandic band, Hatari. Earlier this year, he brought out his debut solo album, Low Light, where he has embraced quite a different sound and aesthetic to his band’s signature style. In his solo work there’s vulnerability, finesse and elegance that he and his Hatari compatriots have often activel

DOTTER

Jun 25 2024 36 mins

Hailing from Värmland, a county to the west of Sweden, singer-songwriter, Johanna Jansson - better known as Dotter - celebrates a whole decade in the music industry this year. And she does so with close to 110,000,000 streams under her belt (on Spotify alone!). A hit factory? Yep, you could say that. Starting her professional music journey with more of an Indie and, at times, fol

TOVE STYRKE

May 31 2024 52 mins

Tove Styrke first burst onto the scene back in 2009, as a contestant on the Swedish television programme, Idol. Alongside Loreen, Tove is possibly one of the biggest alumni from that talent show in terms of international success. And what’s really interesting about the then-teenager Tove, who went on to sign a record deal and work on her debut album that same year, is that she wa