the Norwegian Salvation Army releases an album every Christmas, and this year,
with Silje Hrafa as the main artist, features Nils Petter Molvaer as one of the guests.

http://www.frelsesarmeen.no/pages/side.aspx?nr=23890

http://www.platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Silje_Hrafa/Frelsesarmeens_Juleplate_2010/?id=BBRCD036 (jtu)

Silje Nergaard also releases a Christmas album this year, featuring Arve Henriksen among others.

http://www.platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Silje_Nergaard/If_I_Could_Wrap_Up_A_Kiss/?id=88697789502&t=9cc0dd8f

http://www.siljenergaard.com/  (jtu)

Mathias Eick will be doing the commission work for Vossajazz 2011.

his band, with Audun Erlien on bass, will be augmented by Morten Qvenild.

Eick will release his second album for ECM next year: http://vossajazz.no/node/487  (jtu)

the following article has been published at AllAboutJazz.com by John Kelman:
Enjoy Jazz Festival, Mannheim, Germany, Days 4-6: November 11-13, 2010
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38096 - featured artists:  Nils Petter Molvaer w/ Iain Bellamy's FOOD
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38075 - featured artist Håkon Kornstad
(jk)

Nils Petter Molvaers 5 gig tour in Poland is cancelled because a local promotor stole the money
from the different arrangers and fled the country.He has not yet been caught. 

This is what NPM himself says on Myspace: Poland tour again.

It seems like the planned tour in Poland does not want to be "executed"? First the President dies in a planecrash,and we have to cancel.
 Then we plan to go on tour in mid. november,and the local promotor disappear from the face of the earth,witout informing us.We then
 learn that the concerts is cancelled(a week before the start of the tour!!!!!),and that the promotor has comitted some crime and is on the
 run abroad. Sound like a bad movie.Anyway...to all the people that has bought tickets and wanted to hear the concert...I´m really sorry.
We will hopefully try again ....with a different promotor. Until then... All the best to everyone. regards, Nils Petter (jtu)

I am proud to announce the candidature of my stepdaughter Teresa

as a scholar ambassador of the ideas-expo 2011 in hannover. 

She is 17, a gymnasium coed with best school grades

and will probably study math & physics next year at hannover university.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR VOTE TO TERESA @ THE LINK BELOW - ONCE A DAY TILL END OF OCTOBER :

http://www.ideenexpo.de/botschaftercasting/bewerberdetail.php?we_cid=170

thanks a lot for your support !

Nils Petter Molvaer received  the ”Edvard” award at this year’s Moldejazz for his album “Hamada”.

The award, named after Edvard Grieg, is presented by TONO (Norway’s Performing Arts Society).

http://www.tono.no/EDVARD-PRIS+TIL+NILS+PETTER+MOLV%C3%86R.9871.cms (jtu)

Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang and Erik Honoré also won an award earlier this year  for the music for the film
“Jakten på hukommelsen” (“Hunting down memory”, about a man that got amnesia) at the Kosmorama film festival at Trondheim, Norway.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=46929507251, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439556/ (jtu)

veral interviews with Nils Petter Molvaer in norwegian newspapers and -sites these days, because of him being “artist in residence” at Moldejazz. two examples here: http://www.klassekampen.no/57731/article/item/null/molvaers-moldefestival

http://ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2010071612465265790798 (jtu)

pics from Nils Petter Molvaer’s early morning concert “Break of Day” with Geir “Biosphere” Jenssen at Moldejazz:

http://www.rbnett.no/kultur/moldejazz/article250962.ece (jtu)

John Kelman covers Nils Petter Molvaer’s gigs among others in his roadtrip articles from Moldejazz:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37091&pg=2#2 (jtu)

Nils Petter Molvaer is also on the cover of the latest “Jazznytt”:

http://www.jazznytt.no/images/stories/magasiner/jazznytt_3_2010.pdf (jtu)

The Punkt ’10 program seems to be near complete:

http://punktfestival.no/template/alf/program2.php?venue_id=-1&dayofyear=247&menunumber=1 (jtu)

watch a clip of a Nils Petter Molvaer concert with Paolo Fresu and Manu Katché at Montreal 2010-06-26

http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/artists/artist.aspx?id=3756 (jtu)
also here http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7726686/20562856

Nils Petter Molvaer is “Artist in Residence” at Moldejazz 2010 (19th – 24th of July). He’ll be playing five gigs:
- Break of Day in Molde: NPM + Biosphere
- Sondre Bratland / NPM / Adam Rudolph / Eivind Aarset
- NPM Trio (w/ Stian Westerhus and Erland Dahlen)
- Gigi / NPM / Bill Laswell w/ friends (Jon Balke, Rune Arnesen, Baboucar Camara and Alieu Saine)
- Spin Marvel  feat. NPM

www.moldejazz.no (jtu)

norwegian singer-songwriter Unni Wilhelmsen has released her seventh album called “7” (St Cecilia Music STCCD3).

The album is produced by Eirik Honore and Jan Bang, and among the musicians we find Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Audun Erlien,
Lars Danielsson, Anders Engen, David Wallumrød, Fredrik Møller Ellingsen, Ronny Johnsen and Espen Jørgensen.

Unni Wilhelmsen will also be playing at Punkt ‘10.  http://www.myspace.com/unniwilhelmsen (jtu)

Optical-Substance is releasing a new album later in 2010. Besides Kjetil Husebø, the album includes the following musicians: Steinar Værnes (Trumpet), Terje Evensen (Drums), Alex Gunia (Guitar), Alex Kozmidi (Guitar), Bjørn Charles Dreyer (Guitar), Karolin Broosch (Violin), Sigrun Eng (Cello), Dimitry Süslov (Sax) and a lot of live-samplings from various musicians (recorded between 2006-2008). Read more about it in the blog. There`s also a link to one track from the album "Adaption" (kh)

Thursday June 3rd, Nils Petter Molvaer will be playing with Bergen Big Band at Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.
The concert is arranged by Bergen International Festival (www.fib.no) and Nattjazz (www.nattjazz.no).

The idea for the event comes from Bergen Big Band, and they also picked the tunes to play. Some of them NPM hasn’t played for twelve years, he says. At first NPM couldn’t quite see how it would be possible to arrange his music for this format.

The solution was to ask Rolf Wallin and Per Zanussi to do the arrangments.NPM also picked  Christian Eggen as a conductor for Bergen Big Band for this concert. NPM and BBB are joined on stage by Jan Bang.

http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/festspill/Molvaer-i-stort-format-1095553.html (jtu)

Ketil Bjørnstad has released a new album on ECM, “Remembrance”
with Jon Christensen (drums) and Tore Brunborg (sax). Brunborg, known to NPM fans from the Masqualero days, seems to be in his prime, appearing on quite a lot of albums in 2009 and 2010.

http://player.ecmrecords.com/bjornstad (jtu)

Øystein Sevåg will officially release his new album “The Red Album” in Norway on April 26th.

In addition to the tracks with his new band, the album also features a 10 minute track with Sevåg (grand piano, keys), Bendik Hofseth (sax), Eivind Aarset (guitar), Audun Erlien (bass) and Paolo Vinaccia (drums).
The track seems to be a “leftover” from the “Caravan” sessions in 2004.

http://www.sevag.com/Projects.php (jtu)

Nils Petter Molvaer in Vancouver with Bill Frisell trio buried in body of article: (nn)
www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Nikki+Yanofsky+Hiromi+John+Pizzarelli+perform+Vancouver+Jazz+Festival/2694660/story.html

Nils Petter Molvaer is this years Artist in Residence at MoldeJazz 2010.
The info says that he will play 5-6 concerts. But no more info at the moment
http://www.moldejazz.no/2010/index.php?page_id=10579 (mm)

http://thejazzbreakfast.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/gig-review-nils-petter-molvaer/ (nn)

also an older Eivind Aarset interview for you from 2009 in english: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009082114160726250400 (nn)

the new SOMMA recording '23 Wheels Of Dharma' is available from theRareNoiseRecords Store

as 6 panel CD Digipack and digital. It features a core of six tibetan monks with myself on treated guitars and electronics, Bill Laswell, Hamid Drake, Nils Petter Molvaer and the voices of Raiz, Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari and the vocal trio Faraualla. From April 2010 it will be available on all digital stores under the IODA umbrella. You may stream the complete tracks from our soundcloud player - http://soundcloud.com/rarenoiserecords (nn)

Jarle Bernhoft – “Live – 1: Man 2: Band” 2010 HiFi-klubben (2CD, limited edition) 

Jarle Bernhoft - vocals, guitars, flute, keyboard, Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen - guitar, vocals,
Line Horntvedt - perc, flute, vocals, David Wallumrød - organ, clavinette, Audun Erlien - bass,
Martin Windstad - perc, Torstein Lofthus - drums (jtu)

This short article came from New Musical Express "Time Out London":

Nils Petter Molvaer Band
"Norwegian trumpeter, producer and composer Molvaer stops off on his UK tour with his feisty new band of guitarist Eivind Arset, drummer Audun Kleive and sample genius Jan Bang, playing dark and moody material from his latest album 'Hamada' (Emarcy). His fine fusion of breakbeats, ambient sounds and spooky atmospherics - which have established him as one of the leading lights of 'Scandijazz' - are further enhanced by an eye-popping light show."

seems that they are providing "olds": correct lineup should be Molvaer-Westerhus-Kleive. on tour:
2010-04-30 GER Guetersloh Theater
2010-04-29 CHE Basel Theater Basel
2010-04-21 POL Szechin tbc
2010-04-10 BIH Sarajevo tbc
2010-03-19 NDL Maastricht Theater aan het Vrijthof
2010-03-12 NOR Moss Parkteatret/Tivoli Amfi
2010-03-09 NOR Askim Askim Kulturhus
2010-02-26 GBR Birmingham Hare & Hounds
2010-02-25 GBR Manchester Band on the Wall
2010-02-24 GBR Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
2010-02-23 GBR Leeds College of Music
2010-02-22 GBR London Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall
2010-02-21 GBR Gateshead The Sage Gateshead
(nn)

you might have noticed it: Dhafer Youssef, who played over yeas with Eivind Aarset, Audun Erlien and Rune Arnesen, is currently announcing his new fantstic recording on his homepage.
“Abu Nawas Rhapsody” it is called, and Dhafer recorded it with some of the most brilliant young musicians of present times. Take a taste and listen to the samples which are being presented by Dhafer. Then don’t hesitate to pick out one of his new forthcoming live events - you won’t regret ! (mg)

read the interview with Mike Mainieri on AllAboutJazz

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35239

He has many good thing to say about the Norwegian musicians. And also some
interesting observations on Norwegian/European music’s inability to break through in the US (jtu)

1. Electromoers *

2. Electromagnetic

3. Still Changing

4. Drøbak Saray

5. Murky Seven *

6. Sign Of Seven

7. Blaaveis *

* new unreleased  tunes !

Eivind Aarset: guitar and electronics on all tracks, Audun Erlien: bass on all tracks, Bjørn Charles Dreyer: guitar and pedal steel on all tracks, Gunnar Halle: trumpet and synth on tracks 1,2,3,5, Wetle Holte: drums, electronics and percussion on all tracks, Erland Dahlen: drums and percussion on tracks 1,2,5,6 and 7 

Torstein Lofthus: drums on track 3, Håkon Kornstad: saxophone tracks 3 and 7 (nn)

this year's development starts with upcoming EIVIND AARSET tourdates:
2010-04-12 QAT Quatar (w/ Dhafer Youssef)
2010-02-08 ITA Sonic Codex 4tet tour in Italy TBA: 8.-22.2.
2010-02-07 GBR London (w/ Andy Sheppard)
2010-02-06 GBR Southampton (w/ Andy Sheppard)
2010-02-05 FRA Caen, Theatre De Caen (w/ Andy Sheppard)
2010-02-04 FRA Paris, Sunside (w/ Andy Sheppard)
2010-02-03 FRA Paris, Sunside  (w/ Andy Sheppard)
2010-01-23 GER Dortmund, Domicil
2010-01-22 GER Bielefeld, Bunker Ulmenwall
2010-01-20 GER Essen, Zeche Carl
2010-01-19 GER Mannheim, Alte Feuerwache
2010-01-16 GER Muenchen, Unterfahrt
2010-01-15 GER Kircheim / Teck, Bastion
2010-01-14 AUT Salzburg, JazzIt
2010-01-13 CHE Bern, Bee Flat