Adjágas, from Sápmi,
Norway
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are
Sámi
The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Ru ...
joikers, Lawra Somby and Sara Marielle Gaup with a band of musicians. The group's name Adjágas is a Sámi word describing the mental state experienced between waking and sleeping.
Adjágas was scheduled to open the 2005
Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage, but due to a flooding incident that caused electrical problems, their set was cancelled. However, they returned in 2007 to open the Pyramid Stage.
Discography
*
Adjágas (2005)
*
Mánu Rávdnji (2009)
*
Nordic Woman
''Nordic Woman'' is a compilation album that features traditional music forms performed by well known female artists in Nordic countries.
Nordic Woman album was released worldwide in 2012.
The album is the first release from WOMAN which is an alb ...
(2012)
Band members
* Lawra Somby (vocals/yoik)
* Sara Marielle Gaup (vocals/yoik)
* Espen Elverum Jakobsen (guitar)
* Åsmund Wilter Eriksson (bass)
* Aleksander Kostopoulos (drums/percussion)
* Petter Marius Gundersen (horns/banjo)
References
External links
Adjágas' new websiteAdjágas' WebsiteAdjágas' MySpace page.Music Information Center Norway
Norwegian folk musical groups
Sámi musical groups
Musical groups established in 2004
2004 establishments in Norway
Musical groups from Norway with local place of origin missing
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