Garmarna (Sweden)

Garmarna have taken their name after the wolf that according to the Nordic mythology lives underground. Garmarna mix traditional folk music instruments with samples and they produce an unconventional and innovative music. It’s raw, heavy and sweaty – with all the force that lives in the sounds and rhythms of folk music.

They made their international breakthrough in ’95 with album "Guds Spelmän" (Gods Fiddlers) and US critic Chuck Young proclaimed them as full-fledged ETLCTFG's (Exceptionally Transcendent, Life-Changing Thunderbolts From God). Garmarna are now preparing for their first studio recordings since the 2001 album with interpretations of the texts and music of Hildegard von Bingen.

Garmarna are:
Stefan Brisland-Ferner, fiddle, viola, hurdy-gurdy, harp zither, Jew’s harp
Emma Härdelin, vocals, fiddle
Gotte Ringqvist, lute and fiddle
Rickard Westman, guitars
Jens Höglin, drums, percussion and Jew’s harps.

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