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Groupa
Ludgo-Johan
Morkullan/The Woodcock
Polska
Nytt Tak (New Roof)
Springlek
One of the pioneering instrumental groups of Sweden, Groupa return with a recording that includes a singer for the first time since Lena Willemark guested with them in the early 80s. The inclusion of Sofia Karlsson is an .
more »obvious one for Groupa. They have forged a unique mix of strong rhythms and intense melodies in all of their work, and Karlsson is a powerful singer who can hold her own against a band of skilled and aggressive players. Also new to the band is percussionist Terje Isungset, who adds a new dimension to the sound of Groupa, an edgier, groove-oriented feeling that is perfect for the ensemble s spacious sound. Jonas Simonson s flutes and reeds, Mats Edén s fiddle and melodeon, and Rickard Åström s keyboards give continuity without restraint to a sound that has revolutionized Swedish folk. Groupa have been labeled jazz, avant-garde, folk, and ambient in their career
Lena Willemark
Trilo - Lena Willemark, Möller, Ale
Kom Helge Ande
Tacker Herranom/Mats Hansu Polskan
Knut Hauling
Jemsken
Drömspår Eftrerspel - Lena Willemark, Möller, Ale
Larry L. Looney (5 out of 5 stars) Lena Willemark and Ale Moller are incredibly talented musicians, filled with the soul and spirit of their native Sweden. They have dedicated themselves to preserving their country s traditional music not by presenting straightjacketed recitals of textbook pieces, but by using these traditions as a foundation for new compositions and interpretations. This technique, in their hands, shows incredible reverence and respect for what is old, but at the same time allows it to live and breathe their love of this music, combined with their raging talent, enables this to happen.Other contemporary bands have taken a similar approach, but with considerably more electrification and modern instruments bands such as Hedningarns, Garmarna, and Vasen have done some ex
Watch These Musicians Play Instruments Carved From Ice Inside Acoustic Igloo Concert Hall
Mar 3, 2021
From rare wood, to dried intestines, to horse hair dusted with crystalized pine sap, human beings will make instruments out of practically everything.
But who would ever imagine that, acoustically speaking, an entire orchestra of equipment could be formed out of ice?
As it turns out, ice instruments have a very good, and very unique sound to them, one that Tim Linhart, an American ice sculptor-turned-instrument maker describes as having the “purity and clarity of the heavenly realm.”
“There’s so much potential in ice as an acoustic material,” says Linhart in a YouTube mini-doc from