LoginThe Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia
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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 per
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Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 8 October 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633105124 UPC: 605633105124
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Release date: 8 October 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633105124 UPC: 605633105124
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