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Garmarna
Garmarna is a Sweden, Swedish folk rock band. Their songs are mainly old Scandinavian ballads. Biography Garmarna was founded in 1990. Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Gotte Ringqvist and Rickard Westman were inspired by old Swedish music, which they had heard in a theatre. They began searching for old tunes and instruments. After two years of playing together, Jens Höglin joined the band on drums. In 1992 the band recorded their first Extended play, EP. They thought that female vocals would provide a contrast to the dark mood of their music and invited Emma Härdelin, a long-time friend of the band, as the guest vocalist on the EP. She officially joined the band in 1993. The debut EP sold well in Sweden, and helped the band tour in Scandinavia. On the album ''Vittrad'', the band decided to add Sampling (music), samples and Music sequencer, sequencers to the mix. In 1994, Omnium released ''Vittrad'' in the United States, with English translations of the old songs. Garmarna started a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guds Spelemän
''Guds spelemän'' is Garmarna's second full-length album, released in 1996. All songs except "Njaalkeme" (which is in Southern Sami) are sung in Swedish. Reception The reviewer for AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... wrote that Garmarna managed to keep a straight-faced approach at presenting the content of the songs, instead of in a way "that might even have disturbed the Brothers Grimm". Track listing # " Herr Mannelig (Sir Mannelig)" – 6:22 # "Vänner och Fränder (Friends and Relatives)" – 5:11 # "Halling från Makedonien (Halling from Macedonia)" – 2:45 # "Min Man (My Husband)" – 4:20 # "Varulven (The Werewolf)" – 4:55 # "Hilla Lilla" – 6:19 # "Drew Drusnaar/Idag som igår (Today as Yesterday)" – 2:46 # "Njaalkeme (Hunger)" – 5:05 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
