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Rough guide to the music of Scandinavia (2000)

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Music : Folk : MP3/Over 256Kbps
VA - Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia
2000 | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 177 MB | scandinavian folk & traditional music

These 22 tracks offer an excellent introduction to some of the more progressive folk musicians from the contemporary Nordic music scene.


Tracklist:
1. Ahma - Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz (Finland)
2. Halling Jaron - Garmarna (Sweden)
3. Irianda - Annbjorg Lien (Norway)
4. I Denna Ljuva Sommartid - Frifot (Sweden)
5. Summer Night Twist - Troka (Finland)
6. 2 Sostre - Sorten Muld (Denmark)
7. Det Var En Gong En Halling - Yggdrasil (Norway)
8. M. Nykanen - Vasen (Sweden)
9. Antin Mikko - JPP (Finland)
10. Skinfakse - Hege Rimestad (Norway)
11. Oainnahus - Wimme (Samiland)
12. Kivutar - Varttina (Finland)
13. Tramp - Knut Reiersrud (Norway)
14. Aidin Sateenkaari - Tallari (Finland)
15. Himlen Faller - Lena Willemark (Sweden)
16. Ei Musta - Sanna Kurki-Suonio (Finland)
17. Vattenlek - Johan Hedin/Harald Pettersson (Sweden)
18. Karitti - Leena Joutsenlahti (Finland)
19. Forshyttan - Hedningarna (Sweden)
20. Saqisaaq - Louis Andreasen (Greenland)
21. Faut-Marits Polska - Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag (Norway)
22. Lofsongur (Icelandic National Anthem) - The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra



Review:

These 22 tracks offer an excellent introduction to some of the more progressive folk musicians from the contemporary Nordic music scene. Most selections come from Finland, Norway, and Sweden, but there are also tunes from Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, and Samiland (Lapland). One of the hallmarks of Scandinavian folk music is a reverence for tradition coupled with a need to innovate, and bands such as Vasen, who mix the sound of the nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) with jazzy rhythms, or Varttina, who have created a unique sound with a quartet of singers backed by six instrumentalists, are the norm and not the exception. Other performers on this CD include JPP, a group of Finnish fiddlers from the village of Jarvela, where practically every resident plays the violin; Wimme, who improvises a joik (an ancient form of Sami song) to the accompaniment of synthesized drum beats and loops; and the Swedish group Garmarna, who play medieval ballads backed with modern electric instrumentation. --Michael Simmons

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