People say that bass guitar is not an instrument. It is. Maya Vik proved it at her concert at Alexandraparken. The Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy) winner gave an exquisite performance Saturday night marking the nearing end of Moldejazz. Pure entertainment was dripping from every song. Maya Vik, who used to work as bartender in the nightclubs of … Fortsett å lese Discofunk proved that the Eighties are not dead yet
Artists coming to any sort of event need to feel welcomed and enjoy their time. That actually requires a lot of work for the organizers since stars and mannerisms go well together. Luckily Moldejazz wields a team of dedicated people and other features to accommodate artists needs. Elise L. Johanson has been involved with the … Fortsett å lese Artists need to be kept happy
Every day at Moldejazz the day kicks off with a parade, which has become a traditional and inseparable part of the festival. The crowd lines up both sides of the street every time the parade passes. It is formed by the marching band Jazzlogen and the dancers of Molde kulturskole, and every day it predicts … Fortsett å lese The dancing girl with the white umbrella
Walking towards the Romsdal Museum through Den Grønne Korridor park hearing the psychedelia of Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters was something magical. The Romsdal Museum is a skansen preserving traditional Norwegian architecture and culture. Wooden houses with grass roofing do not associate with the sound of an electric guitar and rock howling of a superstar Robert … Fortsett å lese Robert Plant rocked it out during the encore
As opposed to the Dee Dee Bridgewater and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Terrance Kelly, the artistic director of Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, urged audience not to dance out of their clothes. Even though fully clothed, the whole church danced, sang and got wild. I am an atheist and I have never believed in anything … Fortsett å lese Human voices made the church go wild
A jazz festival needs artists, artists need stages and stages need to be built. Lets look at the people without who none of this would be possible. Even though most of the Moldejazz venues are standing or are even being dismantled at the moment, the work at the biggest stage in the Romsdal Museum is … Fortsett å lese Rigging the Jazz
Kurt Elling demonstrerte tirsdag kveld på Plassen at han er en av tidenes beste jazzvokalister. I den utsolgte Teatret Vårt-salen dro han i gang showet med Sinatras klassiker Come Fly With Me og deretter U2s hit Where The Streets Have No Name. Elling har en fantastisk stemme og leverer egenartede tolkninger av disse kjente låtene … Fortsett å lese Fabelaktige vokalprestasjoner
“During this song people in Norway tend to take their clothes off,” said Irvin Mayfield, the conductor and a trumpeter of New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, when he introduced a Mardi Gras celebration song. Fortunately no one in the audience really took their clothes off. Instead they got an uplifting and cheerful jazz show. As the … Fortsett å lese A Piece of New Orleans at Moldejazz
Arild Rønsen, en legende innen norsk musikkjournalistikk, er på plass i Molde for å styre festivalavisa Fire Flate. Og han har størst forventning til nattens midnattskonsert på Plassen. – Når så festivalavisa dagens lys? – Det begynte med daglige utgivelser av Festival Puls i 1990, da jeg var redaktør for Puls. Det var noen veldige morsomme … Fortsett å lese Redaktør Rønsen gleder seg aller mest til Sly, Robbie og Molvær
«The volunteers are absolutely crucial for us. Without them we would not be able to offer so many free concerts and other events,» says the leader of Moldejazz, Hans-Olav Solli . Moldejazz is a large festival. And as every event manager knows a happening of such scale could not be sustainable unless volunteer work is … Fortsett å lese Driving the stars
