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Grimborg
Grimborg is the third studio album by the Finnish folk/ world music group Gjallarhorn, released in 2003. Track listing # "Konungadöttrarna" (The King's daughters) – 4:55 # "Grimborg" – 4:03 # "Tora Lille" (Little Tora) – 4:01 # "Polonaise" – 3:44 # "Menuett" – 2:10 # "Njawara" – 2:43 # "Herr Olof" (Sir Olof) – 5:39 # "Ella Lilla" (Dear Ella) – 5:14 # "Ack Lova Gud" (Oh, Praise the Lord) – 4:28 # "Frøysnesen / Soteroen" – 4:36 # "Vallevan" – 4:31 # "Kulning" (Cow calling) – 5:30 # "Längtaren" – 2:59 Critical reception The Allmusic review by Chris Nickson awards the album 4.5 stars and states "There's nothing like the pleasure one can get from hearing a band take a quantum leap in its development, and with the very purplish Grimborg (just look at the cover), Gjallarhorn has made theirs."Phares. H. Allmusic Review: ''Grimborg''accessed 22 December 2010 Personnel *Jenny Wilhelms – vocals, violin, Hardanger fiddle * Adrian Jones – viola, mandola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjallarhorn (group)
Gjallarhorn (, ) is a Finnish band that performs world music with roots in the folk music of Finland and Sweden. The group was formed in 1994. The band's music echoes the ancient folk music tradition of Scandinavia with medieval ballads, minuets, prayers in runo-metric chanting and ancient Icelandic rímur epics in a modern way. The group is named after the Gjallarhorn associated with the god Heimdallr from the Norse mythology. The music The band is Finnish and hails from Ostrobothnia, a Swedish-speaking region on the west coast of Finland, one of the four regions of the historical province of Ostrobothnia and the only region in Finland outside Åland where more people speak Swedish rather than Finnish. The music of the band remains Swedish in character. Most of their repertoire is the acoustic folk music of these Swedish-speaking Finns, from the unique minuets and ballads that have only survived in Ostrobothnia, to the old traditional waltzes. The didgeridoo and sub-contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjofn (album)
''Sjofn'' is an album by Gjallarhorn, a band from Finland. It was the band's second studio album, and was released in 2000. It combines striking singing by vocalist Jenny Wilhelms with vigorous Swedish folk-style accompaniment, but with a didgeridoo as an updated drone, an unusual combination admired by critics. Reception Steven McDonald, writing on AllMusic, described ''Sjofn'' as "a thoroughly Pagan delight of an album", explaining that it is "essentially dedicated to the goddess" Sjofn. He felt that the album was supported "quite well" by the two videos supplied on the 'enhanced' CD, specially liking the 'Suvetar' video which seems to show a fertility rite, though he also admired the 'Dejelill Och Lagerman' video which has "the local equivalent of" horned god Cernunnos/ Herne watching Gjallarhorn playing in an urban environment. The CD, McDonald concludes, is "great stuff, and very, very highly recommended." Jon Davis, reviewing the CD on exposé, calls the combination of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimfaxe (album)
''Rimfaxe'' is the fourth album by the Finnish group Gjallarhorn and was released in 2006. Reception Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars and its review by Chris Nickson States: "Throughout, the traditional material is superb, drawing sometimes on the tradition of the Swedes in Finland, but casting its net all across the Nordic countries. Their sound is unique, a curious mix of instruments that work well together, and there's an obvious reverence for the music they're playing."Nickson. C. Allmusic Review: ''Rimfaxe''accessed 22 December 2010 Track listing # "Rimfaxe (Rimemane)" — 4:00 # "Kokkovirsi (Bonfire Song)" — 3:28 # "Systrarna (The Sisters)" — 6:11 # "Blacken rey & Frost Club Mix — 6:25 # "Hymn (Hymn)" — 6:59 # "Sylvklar (Silverbright)" — 5:04 # "Norafjelds (Mountain Poem)" — 6:56 # "Ivall (@ley)" — 4:46 # "Taklax 1037" — 2:59 # "Taklax 1034" — 3:36 # "Staffan (Stephen)" — 4:48 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NorthSide
Northside or North Side may refer to: Music * Northside (band), a musical group from Manchester, England * NorthSide, an American record label * NorthSide Festival (Denmark), a music festival in Aarhus, Denmark * " Norf Norf", a 2015 song by Vince Staples Places Canada * Northside, Saskatchewan * Northside East Bay, Nova Scotia * North Side, Newfoundland and Labrador United States * North Side, California, former name of Oildale, California * Northside, Berkeley, California * Northside, Long Beach, California * North East Side (Denver) The North East Side (Denver), is a region/area located in both Denver County and Adams County. The neighborhoods located within Denver's north east side are Elyria-Swansea, Commerce City, and Derby. As of the 2007 Denver Piton Foundation and ..., a region in both Denver County and Adams County, Colorado * North West Side (Denver), a region in Denver County, Colorado * North Side, Chicago, Illinois * Northside (East Chicago), Illinois * No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
