Vidar Busk – Perleporten

Here’s some global recombinant ultra-cool that I’ve just discovered. With new wave/reggae sounds reminiscent of Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives,” this is Norwegian Rockabilly artist Vidar Busk’s take on the tender old Swedish hymn “Han har öppnat pärleporten” which I became aware of via Artur Erikson’s version. There is at least one other Norwegian rockabilly version of the same song on Youtube. I had no idea that Norwegian rockabilly gospel was a thing. In English, the song is known as “He the Pearly Gates Will Open.”