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VarttinaProgram #2137
As we hear in this edition of New Sounds, since the 1990s, the Scandanavian folk music scene has enjoyed a major resurgence. We hear Agnes Buen Garnas, a Norwegian traditional singer who performs songs based on medieval origins in the disc, Rosensfole. The disc is a precursor to Garbarek's later project with the Hilliard Ensemble, but has a distinctive beauty all its own. We also hear from Värttinä, a product of the the folk music department at Helsinki's Sibelius Academy in the 1980s; traditional-based Swedish folk music group Garmarna; and Iceland’s Sverrir Gudjonsson.
PROGRAM # 2137, Northern Songs (First aired on Mon. 3/24/03)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
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Agnes Buen Garnås & Jan Garbarek |
Rosensfole |
Rosensfole [2:30] |
ECM #1402** |
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Kristen Bråten Berg |
Nordisk Sang - Music of Norway |
Heiemo og Nykken [5:00] |
New Albion #031* |
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Sverrir Gudjonsson |
Epitaph - Medieval Iceland |
God Of All People [3:00] |
Opus 111 #OPS-30-253* |
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Lena Willemark & Ale Möller |
Nordan |
Knut Hauling [5:30] |
ECM #1536** |
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Garmarna |
Hildegard von Bingen |
O Frondens Virga [3:30] |
Northside #6063* |
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Värttinä |
Vihma |
Uskottu ei Upavani [5:00] |
Wicklow/BMG # 63262* |
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Wimme |
Gierran/Enchantment |
Hardly [5:30] |
Rockadillo #ZEN CD 2055 or Northside Records www.noside.com*
OR through |
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Meredith Monk with Robert Een |
Facing North |
Long Shadows I [2:30] |
ECM #1482* |
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Steve Tibbetts & Knut Hamre |
Å |
Fjellmanngjenta [4:00] |
Rykodisc #1438** |
*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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