World Music in Norway
World music is a musical genre where there are influences from other cultural customs which has made itself little by little as one of the...
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World
music is a musical genre where there are influences from other cultural customs
which has made itself little by little as one of the minor but intense in
Norway. In Norway there are artists and ensembles whose music is grouped as
world music. For instance, the Irish-Norwegian Secret Garden that won the
Eurovision Song Competition in the year 1995 which plays modern instrumental
music. In addition, the well-reviewed Ras Nas combines the African music and
reggae music with poetry. Vindrosa’s music is traditional Norwegian folk songs
with ethnic species and Annbjorg Lien mixes traditional Norwegian music with
rock and jazz. A number of music festivals that are specialized in world music
are done in Norway in every year. The Oslo world music festival began Concerts
Norway (known as Rikskonsertene) in the year 1994, and since then the festival
has brought a multidimensional collection from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
In fact, the festival has developed to be so active and resilient that the
Norwegian authority gas decided to give it independent position no longer will
it be an initiative under concerts Norway. The Riddu Ridde festival was
established by the Sami union in the year 1991 at first as a festival for the
Sami music and culture and since then the festival has increased to concern
also as international local peoples. The
association is known as Samspill International Music Network (SIMN) which is an
association for both artists and dancers and it also promotes the position of
the world music in Norway. The associations organized for instance an
information services, show cooperation and seminars and one of its major aim is
to establish the music and dance in Norway.