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Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 16, 2012

Norwegian debutant: Alaska melts hearts

The young Jonas Alaska gave his very first concert on Danish soil, when he took the stage at Musikhusets Lille Sal at SPOT Festival 2012. However this concert will not be the last he will be playing in Denmark – far from. Next month his debut album will be on the shelfs in the Danish record stores as well. Alaska swept away the feet under the Danish audience...

Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 15, 2012

For the first time in SPOT history: Slayer Big Band Project

A must-see this year at SPOT was without a doubt the Slayer Big Band Project - a wild clash of slashing guitars, female vocals, jazz winds and thundering drums. Aarhus Jazz Orchestra (formerly known as Kluiverts Big Band) now with new leader Lars Møller, played Slayer Big Band...

Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 15, 2012

Funny foreign TV-features from SPOT – and English praise

During SPOT Festival several foreign media and tv-stations were amongst the international delegates – here are some of the fine results from their visit in Aarhus. TV- reports made by the broard Spanish television station Televisión...

Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 10, 2012

Highlights from a warm Aarhus welcome to SPOT’s international delegates

By Henrik Friis and Hans Christian Bugge – Foto: Sara Lindbæk Aarhus City Council opened its doors on Friday, May 4th at the Town Hall to officially welcome the international...

Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 8, 2012

Slideshow from 2012 SPOT Festival

Photographer Thorsten Overgaard from SPOT LIVE has put together this nice slideshow. http://overgaard.dk/the-story-behind-that-picture-0075_gb.html Lean back and feel the atmosphere from this years SPOT.

Posted by Astrid Horndrup Nielsen on May 8, 2012

Excellent acoustic live-recordings at SPOT

The Dutch tv-station FaceCulture recorded and filmed a row of great acustic live-concerts. Quality and good sound recognizes these simple but highly professional recordings, made at very intermistic settings during this years SPOT Festival. FaceCulture had made the trip all the way from Holland to Aarhus bringing along all their...

Posted by admin on May 7, 2012

Thank you for an exciting SPOT Festival 2012

The 2012 SPOT Festival is over. Two exciting days with reports of plenty of great music. Plenty of hours spent with like-minded people who – like oneself – appreciate the setup with room for artistic ambitions as well as the social dimension of such a festival. Room for great ambition, but well – it was a bit crammed at...

Posted by Signe Langeberg Pedersen on May 5, 2012

Keynote: Sheila Whiteley

With dimmed lights in the room and freshly made coffee in every cup, Professor Sheila Whiteley gave a keynote speech about the gender imbalance in popular music. At Radar the café tables were set up with candles, the light was dimmed and freshly brewed coffee was ready on the bar – the mood was set for an intimate and causal keynote speech. Sheila Whiteley walked around and...