Thanks loads to everyone for replying! I'm not alone then! Kat, I think when you say 'when you've had the good fortune to hear some' you hit the nail on the head - it's a real problem that there are not many ways to hear about Nordic music. The NorthSide & Rootsworld websites and some sites in Scandinavia have stuff you cn listen to online but not many other places. In the UK there is only 1 major radio programme which ever plays any, and no UK-based websites atall that I know of. So it's hard for people to discover! But becoming easier all the time as the interest grows.

Malcolm, thanks for the tip about browsers, I have to admit that it's laziness that has stopped me doing browser tests...and time. I work full time and so can only do the site at the weekends so have been concentrating on getting stuff up there. The site isn't showing up on search engines yet so hopefully I will get that sorted before people start visiting. I am quite new to web building too so need to research the compatibility problems.

M.Ted, hello, did you used to get people dancing at your gigs? Some of it's pretty lively isn't it? Is it quite gard to find recordings of Nordic stuff in the USA? I have only ever been able to buy stuff online, shops are rubbish for stocking niche stuff now, they're so mainstream.

Hi George, I'm not sure about the Kalavala - sounds Finnish though! The best place to hear stuff is the NorthSide website www.noside.com - you can download whole tracks or just listen to real audio samples.

Peg - I've never seen Garmarna live - have you seen them do their Hildegard von Bingen stuff? I've seen some videos too - quite wierd! Have you been to www.tvfolk.net? You can watch loads of Nordic videos there, including quite a few Garmarna, I;m linking to them from my site. On my site there is also an interview with them, from a few years ago now though. I will check out the Finnish thread you mentioned.

Hugh, thanks for replying, nice to hear people are interested to hear new stuff. It's easy to get despondent and think everyone is only interested in Britney Spears etc!

It was really nce to hear from everyone! Polly