Haakon Esplo

Tango originated in the late 19th century in South America and belonged initially to the lower classes in society. The period 1920-1950 is called «The golden age of the tango» and became popular also...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

In 2016, eMMa released the song 'Angels in the Snow' and in 2018 'Got you on the brain', both of which have millions of plays on YouTube and Spotify. In 2019, eMMa also released the song 'Happy'. The...

'Vi lever' (En Chantant) was recorded and released on a single by the French artist Michel Sardou in 1978. Four years later, in 1982 Wenche Myhre recorded a Norwegian version with text by Jan Eggum de...

The American comedy 'Police Academy' became a huge worldwide blockbuster at the movies in 1984. With, among others, Steve Gutenberg and Kim Cattrall in the roles the movie followed a group of police r...

'Walking in the Air' is written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman', based on the book by Raymond Briggs. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter...

The beautiful song 'Winterland Butterfly' by Halvdan Sivertsen was first released in 1987 on the album 'Ny og naken' (New and naked). It's about tolerance and is just as relevant today as in the 80's....

Franz Schubert was born in Lichtental, Austria in 1797 and was 28 when he composed the Ave Maria about year 1825. The original text that was set to the song is taken from the poem 'The Lady of the Lak...

Habanera is a dance and a musical form that originated in Havana, Cuba. Habanera is one of the roots of tango. It is a slow solo dance adapted from a French inspired Haitian dance in the first half of...

Prelude in C minor Opus 28, No. 20 Frédéric Chopin's compositions often reflect the feelings he had for his native country, Poland. His grief over the loss of Polish independence after the revolution...

My heart is yours - Norways contribution to Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A beautiful and mighty song about love - in an arrangement made by Haakon Esplo.

Adeles soulige Powerballade 'Hello' aus ihrem dritten Studioalbum '25' stieg in vielen ländern sofort auf Platz eins der Charts.

'Winter and Snow' was written by Sigurd Jansen and Alfred Naess and were recorded and released on single by Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre in 1966. The single was released in connection with the Nordi...

Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...

Norwegian artist Jorn Hoel made his breakthrough with his album 'Varme ut av is' released in 1987. The songs 'Have a Dream' and 'Hold My Hand' became big hits and still stand out as some of the most p...

Sunday People is the title track from the debut album with the same name from the group The Monroes. The LP was released in 1983 and the Sunday People immediately became a huge hit. The Monroes was th...

Adeles soulige Powerballade 'Hello' aus ihrem dritten Studioalbum '25' stieg in vielen ländern sofort auf Platz eins der Charts.

'Winter and Snow' was written by Sigurd Jansen and Alfred Naess and were recorded and released on single by Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre in 1966. The single was released in connection with the Nordi...

The most beautiful thing is one of Jahn Teigens most popular pop ballads. It was written in 1988 together with Rolf Lovland and Ove Borochstein and went straight to the top of the Norwegian hitlists....

Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...

Norwegian artist Jorn Hoel made his breakthrough with his album 'Varme ut av is' released in 1987. The songs 'Have a Dream' and 'Hold My Hand' became big hits and still stand out as some of the most p...

The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...