2010s Archives - Rocking In the Norselands

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «1974» by David Crosby

30 September 2023 SB 0

During the final years of his life, David Crosby found new collaborators in the shape of the Lighthouse Band. They were named after the 2016 […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «The Journey» by Big Country

4 March 2023 SB 0

The Journey is a Big Country song from their 2013 album of the same name. It introduced Mike Peters as the new vocalist, Jamie Watson […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Deep Calleth Upon Deep» by Satyricon

18 February 2023 SB 0

Satyricon is one of the leading bands in the Black Metal genre. For the vast majority of the band’s lifetime since it was formed in […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Goodnight New York» by Vienna Teng

17 June 2021 SB 0

Goodnight New York is the last song on Vienna Teng’s fifth album Aims, released on 24 September 2013. While there has been a few collaborations […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Rose Red Sunset» by WKW

4 June 2021 SB 0

WKW is a collaboration between three musicians, the project name made up of the last name initials of Bruce Watson, Thomas Kercheval, and Jamie Watson. […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «We Shall Wear Midnight» by Steeleye Span

2 May 2021 SB 0

Wintersmith is the title of the third Tiffany Aching novel by Terry Pratchett, published on 21 September 2006. These books are set in the well-known […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «American Valhalla» by Iggy Pop

7 July 2020 SB 0

In 2015, Iggy Pop sent a text message to Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age. He was looking to make a new album […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin» by Arjen Anthony Lucassen

6 July 2020 SB 0

Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his many conceptual progressive metal/rock operas. His main project […]

MARKO HIETALA – «Mustan Sydämen Rovio»(a.k.a. «Pyre of the Black Heart») (2019)

12 February 2020 SB 0

My favourite album of 2019 is a dark odyssey through loss, separation, self-doubt, depression, and ultimately survival and strong statements of intent. This is heavy […]

WKW – «Men of Steel» (2019)

22 January 2020 SB 0

WKW – or Bruce and Jamie Watson presents: Watson Kercheval Watson, if you want to go with the fullest possible version of the project name […]

STATUS QUO – «Backbone» (2019)

18 January 2020 SB 0

I have been a Status Quo fan since the mid-1980s, eventually becoming a die-hard fan when I started exploring their back catalogue. My starting point wasn’t […]

THE COATHANGERS – «The Devil You Know» (2019)

16 January 2020 SB 0

The three young ladies that make up The Coathangers look like they couldn’t be more different. Julia Kugel-Montoya (guitar and vocals) appears like your archetypical relaxed, […]