D erek Piotr is always on the hunt for old songs. These ancient melodies and fragmentary lyrics echo across generations, ...

At this point, it's basically tradition: The last show of the year is dedicated to the loud, the fast, the heavy, the cosmic and the sublime. A.K.A., when All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and I ...

If you’re a Vikings fan then you need to head out to the annual Vista Viking Festival which makes returns on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 at the Norway Hall Cultural Center. Returning visitors will notice ...

Nordic folk duo Nytt Land have released a cover of Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed. The husband-and-wife pair, Anatoly and Natalya Pakhalenko, put out their version of the nu metal classic yesterday (August ...

The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style known ...

"They butchered it, and it was humiliating," he told Rolling Stone. "Why don't they leave their millionaire fingers off it? They've long lost the ability to play true metal in my opinion. Maybe I ...

MOORHEAD - Vikings are commonly perceived as burly barbarians that always wore horned helmets and drank from the skulls of their enemies. In reality, the Nordic seafarers that lived between the 8th ...