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,…
Artist Profiles: Hedningarna
Tag: Swedish music
Artist Profiles: Garmarna
Swedish band Garmarna creates contemporary folk firmly rooted in Nordic folk music traditions. They have developed their own sound, influenced by the rock tradition…
Artist Profiles: Beata Söderberg
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…
Artist Profiles: Ale Moller
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…
The trio plays on
Vasen Trio (NorthSide) Swedish folk-roots group Vasen now appears with two lineups, the original trio formed in 1989 by nyckelharpa player Olov Johansson, viola player…