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 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.