Laura Cortese – All in Always (Cortese Music, 2016) On the album “All in Always“, American fiddler and composer Laura Cortese went beyond her American…
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Tag: Swedish music
Artist Profiles: Northern Resonance
Northern Resonance is a trio of Swedish musicians dedicated to the art of resonance, specifically the resonant possibilities of their individual instruments. The band members…
The Lovely Nordic Voices of Kongero
Kongero – Live in Longueuil (Nordic Notes, 2021) Live in Longueuil presents the live experience of a fabulous Swedish all-female vocal folk quartet called Kongero.…
Artist Profiles: Emma Björling
Emma Björling is one of the leading singers of Swedish folk songs performing these days. She is a member of the bands Lyy and Skye…
Artist Profiles: Olov Johansson
In 1990 Olov became the first world champion of the nyckelharpa. He began to play the nyckelharpa in 1980 as a fourteen-year old and was…
Artist profiles: Daniel Sandén-Warg
Daniel Sandén-Warg was born in 1977 in Østersund, Sweden. He grew up in Karlstad, where he started playing the guitar at an early age, Jimi…
Artist Profiles: Bäsk
Bäsk was a brilliant acoustic trio of three Swedish masters: Jonas Simonson on flute; Sten Källman on saxes and percussion; and fiddler Hans Kennemark. Bäsk…
Artist profiles: Carina Normansson
Swedish fiddler Carina Normansson is known for her work with Falu, Spelmanslag, Traton (with Ola Backstrom and Maria Jonsson), Josefina Paulson and British-Swedish band Swåp.…
Artist profiles: Karen Tweed
Karen Tweed was born in Willesden, London, UK in 1963. She has Irish and English roots. Tweed is an accordion virtuoso known for her work…
Artist profiles: Swåp
Swåp is a transnational band featuring two Swedish and two British musicians; two men and two women; a combination of Nordic folk fiddling and traditional…