Spælimenninir
Flóð og fjøra (Ebb & Flow) (Tutl Records)
15.99

The best known Faroese folk band's most recent recording (1996) features not only their usual strong mix of genuine Nordic folk tunes, but a creative group fo original tunes that stretch the band further than they have gone before.
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Jan Danielsson (vocal, banjo), Erling Olsen (v), Ívar Bærentsen (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Sharon Weiss (recorder, accordion, spoons), Kristian Blak (piano ,harmonium , vocals), Charlie Pilzer (bass)

Other recordings by Spælimenninir
Umaftur
Spælimenninir í Hoydølum
Burturav
More Faroese music
Danish music

Their name means means "the folk musicians." The band started in 1974 in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Originally a largeer local group known as Spælimenninir I Høydolum, the touring ensemble became known simply as Spælimenninir. They perform traditional and modern folk music from the Nordic countries, the British Isles and occasionally the US; Swedish polskas and walking tunes, Norwegian waltzes and reinlenders, ancient Faroese dance tunes and religious songs, Shetland reels, Danish quadrilles, and original compositions.

'The band has - in a smart and varied set of strong, hummable new-made and traditional dance tunes, plus several instrumental developments of Faroese skjaldur, one of a kingo hymn, and two songs, one Faroese and one from Jutland - its own sound, an airy, zesty lift that twitches the feet for dancing, somewhere between Shetland, Norden, Scotland and Cape Breton in feel.' (Andy Cronshaw, Folk Roots, UK) "...this band has enough energy and fire to keep you happy and warm even on the coldest Faroese nights." - Dirty Linen

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