Scholar went to Sweden in 2010 to study folk music but soon realized that he was studying a genre of music that was being appropriated into a fringe political movement The nationalist Sweden Democrats ...

Music fans love to joke that they’d give up an organ for tickets to certain shows — and now concertgoers in Sweden actually can (sort of). Gothenburg’s Way Out West festival has introduced a new ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Streaming giants Spotify and SoundCloud were both founded in Stockholm, and over the past two decades the Swedish capital has developed a ...

The nyckelharpa or “key harp” is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the ...

Ikea and pop group ABBA are so closely identified with Sweden, it wouldn’t be a stretch if the furniture store marketed a “Fältskog” loveseat in honor of ABBA vocalist Agnetha Fältskog. We can't ...

The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center is thrilled to present Direct From Sweden: The Music of ABBA on Sunday, January 18, ...

Way Out West Festival released details for "The Kidney Pass," described as "the most meaningful festival ticket you'll ever have the chance of getting" Jack Irvin has over five years of experience ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce announced the line-up for Andersonville Midsommarfest, one of Chicago's oldest and most beloved summer street festivals. It's a Swedish summer ...

New figures show that almost 80% of sales from recorded music in Sweden comes directly from online streaming and paid downloads are almost irrelevant, financially. Even the revenue from CDs and vinyl ...