2007

SVER’s music is recognized by a high energy-level, tight interaction and creative and modern arrangements that take the Norwegian folk-music to a new and pleasant expression.

The long list of famed fiddlers from previous centuries is dominated by men. Despite the fact that female fiddlers were a minority, there have been exceptions to the rule, among other places in Nordfj...

Two great poets from Lom: Tor Jonsson (1916–1951) and Olav Aukrust (1883–1929. Though their views of rural life were far apart, it held a great influence on them both. Tor Jonsson faced much hardship ...

Unni Boksasp is a warm and imaginative singer who draws you easily into the world of her own Norwegian traditions.

With a single exception, all the tunes on this record were collected by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–87). The song Hagbard og Signe was transcribed by O.M. Sandvik (1875–1976) after Svein Tveiten fro...

The music of “Ragnhild Furebotten Trio” has musical preferences within contemporary music, Nordic, American and French folk music as well as classical music – reflecting a modern way of thinking and a...

Three years after their recording “Nattsang” (2004) duo Bruvoll/Halvorsen return with the sequel. Norwegian medieval ballads and folk tunes were their point of departure then as now, and this time the...

Annbjørg Lien from Norway joins Catriona Macdonald from Shetland, Liz Carroll and Liz Knowles from America, Mairead ni Mhaonaigh (Altan) from Ireland and Emma Härdelin from Sweden to assemble in Glasg...

John Ole Morken is a native of Holtålen County in the region of Trøndelag, Norway. Holtålen, located south of Trondheim and bordering on Røros, has rich music and dance traditions whose history dates ...