Joining Carling on stage was her daughter Idun on trombone and vocals, her brother Max on clarinet, her mother Aina on banjo, her other brother Ulf on drums, New York's own David Budway on piano and ...

Sometimes there is a tendency to take a performance less than seriously, especially if an artist uses a bit of self-satire as part of the act. Pianist Victor Borge had this problem--"comic virtuoso" ...