Compunctio

Compunctio festival 2011 – Artists booked

The fourth Compunctio festival will, just as the previous festivals, be held at Nya Slottet Bjärka-Säby, Linköping, Sweden. On Saturday, Aug. 27, you are welcome to meet the Compunctio staff – all two of us! – drink awesome coffee and hang out with some great people. And of course, listen to lots of...

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A whole lotta Haaker Flaten going on

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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Håkon Kornstad Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Håkon Kornstad Monkeytown Brooklyn April 10, 2009 It was fitting that the US debut of bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and saxophonist Håkon Kornstad's exquisite Elise project—Flaten's arrangements of traditional Norwegian hymns sung by his grandmother—took place on Good Friday (April 10th).

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Devotional and Experimental Jazz With a Norwegian Accent

Avant-garde jazz has almost always had its sacramental side. There’s a reason for the devotion that some listeners bring to the mid-1960s music of John Coltrane, or to the output of his fellow saxophonist Albert Ayler. The spirituality in these performances wasn’t subtext or suggestion; it radiated out from a fervent core. Read more