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Artist Profiles: Lars-Ante Kuhmunen

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments Lars-Ante KuhmunenSami musicSwedenSwedish music

Lars-Ante Kuhmunen was born in 1979. He is a musician and reindeer breeder from Rensjön in Kiruna, a small town in the territory of Swedish…

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Artist Profiles: Hedningarna

Angel Romero January 22, 2017 No Comments HedningarnaSwedenSwedish music

  Hedningarna’s world is a place where primitive, energetic folk music collides with sampling and programming, developing a new direction. Hedningarna, “the heathens” in English,…

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Artist Profiles: Garmarna

Angel Romero January 22, 2017 No Comments GarmarnaSwedenSwedish music

  Swedish band Garmarna creates contemporary folk firmly rooted in Nordic folk music traditions. They have developed their own sound, influenced by the rock tradition…

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Artist Profiles: Beata Söderberg

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Beata SöderbergcelloSwedenSwedish musictango

Cellist and composer Beata Söderberg was born in 1976 in Linköping, Sweden. As a child, she learned piano from her mother and sang in a…

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Artist Profiles: Ale Moller

Angel Romero January 2, 2017 No Comments Ale MollerSwedenSwedish music

Ale Möller found his roots in Swedish folk music by way of first falling in love with the sounds of Greece. En route, he became…

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