Swåp are an

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band that produce a musical fusion of traditional

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and

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Biography

Swåp was formed in 1995 by

Karen Tweed Karen Tweed (born 1963,'Karen ...

(

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Ian Carr Ian Carr (21 April 1933 – 25 February 2009) was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. Carr performed and recorded with the Rendell-Carr quintet and jazz-fusion band Nucleus, and was an associate professor at the Guildhall ...

(

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) (both UK), Ola Bäckström (

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viola d'amore The viola d'amore (; Italian for "viol of love") is a 7- or 6- stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin. Structure and sound The vio ...

) and Carina Normansson (

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) (both

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). Together they have made four albums exploring a fusion of many different genres of

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 b ...

, including traditional

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, and the music of

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and

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Karen Tweed Karen Tweed (born 1963,'Karen ...

left the band in 2007.

Discography

*''SWÅP'' (1997) *''Sic'' (1999) *''Mosquito Hunter'' (2002) *''Du Da'' (2005) {{DEFAULTSORT:Swap Swedish folk music groups British folk music groups Nordic folk musical groups Celtic music groups Musical groups established in 1995