Ida Maria’s killing it in 2009: Her album, Fortress Round My Heart, is one of this year’s best albums so far — and now she’s reeled in one of her idols to collaborate on a new single. Iggy Pop ...

Despite growing up in Nesna—a tiny Norwegian coastal village with 1,855 people and one gas station—Ida Maria Sivertsen was never at a loss for music in the home. “What we heard on the radio was what ...

Mae West said it first, but Ida Maria proves it true: Bad girls do go everywhere. Ida’s not a bad girl, per se, though she plays one on her debut album, “Fortress Round My Heart”(Island). Now that she ...

If you haven’t heard Norwegian upstart Ida Maria yet, today might be a good time to do so. The Scandinavian songwriter has been melting hearts and satisfying minds since her debut, Fortress Round My ...

Like many Netflix viewers around the world, Norwegian rock diva Ida Maria fell in love with what proved to be the perfect pandemic panacea, the brilliant, razor-sharp comedy Eurovision Song ...

Long before the U.S. release of Fortress Round My Heart, Ida Maria Sivertsen was an indie-rock It Girl overseas and on music blogs here. By the end of 2009, "I Like You So Much Better When You're ...

Norway’s hottest punk-rock export and Breaking artist Ida Maria recently popped by the Rolling Stone studios to perform four songs and tell Rock Daily about the stories behind a handful of tracks off ...

Two years ago Norwegian rocker Ida Maria was dueting with Iggy Pop, headlining the madly-hyped Perez Hilton tour, and riding the strength of her excellent, pop-savvy debut album, Fortress Round My ...

With her Scandinavian brand of indie rock, this raucous performer is sure to have a bright, freaky and fabulous future ahead of her. It has been said in some quarters that Norwegian rock sensation Ida ...

June 25, 2011 • A rare neurological condition causes the Norwegian rocker to experience words and letters as inherently tied to colors and shades. She explains how it affects her creative life, and ...

Ida Maria: I love Michael Jackson. When he died I was devastated. I was one of the fans that went to his star on walk of fame to honor him, and i even wrote a song in his honor that day, full of grief ...