New Music From Scandinavia on Calabash Music

Aventyr i jazz och folkmusik

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Some of Sweden's best jazz musicians were commissioned to arrange Swedish folk music for a radio broadcast in 1965.

Fatang

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Beautiful music from the Uppland province of Sweden. Fun for all!

Jukka Poika Ja Kompostikopla

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

The lead singer and songwriter of Soul Captain Band and Kapteeni Ä-ni, Jukka Poika, goes together again with producer and keyboard player Bommi-Tommi.

Ranarim

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Rhythmic tunes and peculiar melodies from the Middle Ages that tell exciting stories.

Hepa Halme Prospekt

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

A flute player in the Finnish music scene for some time, his style is very fusion oriented, w/ heavy influence of jazz a la improvisation as well as Indian music.

Kapteeni A-ni

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Straight from the Finnish charts, this trio is dub/rap-oriented and their songs have a great edge

Wolf Larsen

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Wolf Larsen was founded in Helsinki in 1996. One of the original ideas of the group was to mix different musical styles together with genuine sounds of nature thus producing albums around specific themes, musical or geographical.

Mari Boine

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Mari Boine's sound is powerful and expressive. It's organic-sounding world music seems both primal and sophisticated at the same time.

The Grammers

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

The Grammers was formed in 1999 in Säkylä, Finland. The home of the band was, and still is, an old chicken house which had been turned into a rock'n'roll grotto by a local rock-loving farmer.

Bask

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:18 -0600

Bask brings fresh arrangements to the acoustic trio sound, taking melodies designed for solo fiddle and arranging them for a trio.