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Re: first new nordic recording


>Garmarna's "Vittrad"

That was a stunner.

I first heard the band at a bar in Finland, at a festival that took place
all over a little town whose name eludes me right now. I sat up in a low
balcony, just a few feet above the band, and they opened up with a
screaming electrified hurdy-gurdy riff that died out as Emma eased into a
solo vocal piece, and then quickly exploded into a non-stop set that is
still one of the best rock shows I have ever attended. This must have been
92 or 93, just as they were finishing their first CD, I think. Their
energy was unbounded.

cliff




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For me it was Garmarna's "Vittrad" -- though I had heard the odd bits of Folk & Rackare & Groupa before that, they did not rip the top of my head off as... 		Drew Miller
omnidrew
Offline Send Email 		Sep 27, 2005
2:36 pm

... That was a stunner. I first heard the band at a bar in Finland, at a festival that took place all over a little town whose name eludes me right now. I sat...
CDRoots
rootsworld
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3:12 pm

Stunning as I found Garmarna to be, it was first Wimme Saari that got me so into the Nordic music that I am majoring in Scandinavian Studies here at UW...
Kjersti Kyle
joli_amelie
Offline Send Email 		Sep 27, 2005
5:16 pm

Mine was "Nordic Roots: 2" that my mom managed to find at Walmart or something. Popped it in the CD player, said "Hey! This is cool! Not like classical, not...
Sarah
nordicsnodragon
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
12:47 am

I have to differ between my first nordic record and my first modern nordic record. I was listening to nordic - or basically Swedish music since I was a child....
Klaus M. Fink
kmfvtcom
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
9:37 am

My first Scandinavian albums were Garmarna's "Guds Spelemen" and Vaesen's "Spirit". I don't really remember which one I got first (I got them both the week of...
peter evan
aelfrik
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
4:06 pm

For me it was definitely Tra by Hedningarna. I had first heard and watched the performance of Ruth McKenzie's Kalevala, but Tra moved the earth under my feet....
Susan E. Erickson
susanerickso...
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
4:14 pm

The firsts for me were widely separated in time I was a devottee of the "Swedish Fiddlers" recording that came out many many years ago on Shanachie. I was...
CDRoots
rootsworld
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4:28 pm

My first exposure came through Green Linnet who, about a dozen years or so ago, had delved into some music from Scandinavia. I had ordered three Irish CD's...
Scott M Gianelli
sgianell
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
5:04 pm

In the very early 90s I heard a compilation of various nordic bands including Groupa, but it was only when I heard Garmarna's 'Vittrad' and Hedningarna's...
Paul Roser
bfowol
Offline Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
9:00 pm

My first experience with Nordic music was a live Vasen concert in 2000. It was then, and remains, the best live performance I have ever seen - and I've seen...
beotis@...
Send Email 		Sep 28, 2005
9:45 pm

Another victim of Garmarna's "Vittrad," here. I won a copy, as well as two concert tickets, in a call-in thing on Radio K (University of MN radio station),...
Will
lepus_rex
Offline Send Email 		Sep 29, 2005
4:34 pm

My first nordic recording I believe was Trä from Hedningarna in the middle of 90s. There was a program in spanish national radio, I believe it goes on, which...
David Alvarez
david_alvare...
Offline Send Email 		Oct 6, 2005
4:18 pm

As a brief comment on attending concerts with parents, it was my mum and dad that first heard Wimme being played on NPR and had to share it with me when they...
Kjersti Kyle
joli_amelie
Offline Send Email 		Oct 6, 2005
6:01 pm

... So don't call it "folk." Just tell them it's a "cool band from Sweden" (-: cliff ... Are you a member of the reality based community? Cliff Furnald, editor...
CDRoots
rootsworld
Offline Send Email 		Oct 6, 2005
6:04 pm

My first recording was Varttina's Seleniko. Heard it on WNPR-must've been in the early 90's-have been a big fan of this music since that time. /df/...
Dave
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Offline Send Email 		Oct 7, 2005
9:15 pm
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