Cold-water swimming and sauna culture have long been part of everyday life in Finland. Now the trend is spreading across ...

Forget the well-worn tourist trails of the Pacific Northwest. Just a ferry ride from Seattle lies Kitsap County — a peninsula of surprises where Victorian ghost towns neighbor Viking donut shops, ...

Don’t come to “Ancient Child” expecting the anthemic lift of “One Day” or “King Without a Crown.” This is a quieter, more meditative album, his first since the Oct. 7 attacks. Matisyahu, now 46, said ...

As Christianity triumphed in country after country in its march across Europe in the first millennium, the Nordic countries remained resistant to its allure. Christianity did eventually take over in ...

Runic script was developed in Scandinavia between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD. It was originally used for short inscriptions. After the Viking Age, this famous form of writing was altered to compete ...

Nordic folk music with roots in black metal might sound ridiculously niche, but Wardruna are more than the sum of their parts—and to prove it, here they are at the Auditorium Theatre. Einar Selvik ...

JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life on Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in ...

California-bred artist Óscar Maydon is expanding his indie label, Rico o Muerto, by signing Victor Mendivil to a 360 deal in partnership with Downtown Artist and Label Services. The new agreement ...

Konstantine Panegyres does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

EAU CLAIRE (WKBT) -- An ancient Nordic game is finding new life in Wisconsin, bringing together players from across the country and around the world for what organizers say is more than just a ...