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Nordic Roots
Artist: Various Artists
Label: NorthSide
Genre : Acoustic Instrumental
Nordic
Rock
Traditional
Yoik
New Age
Geography : Finland
Norway
Sámiland
Sweden
Label : Northside - http://www.noside.com
Description:
Nordic Roots is a 78-minute, 20 track compilation featuring a taste of each NorthSide artist, from the heavy crunch of Hoven Droven to the sweet voices of Loituma.
NorthSide sweetens the mix with three tracks from Garmarna, Wimme, and Väsen unavailable elsewhere. It's cheaper than food, so you can give one to a friend who has yet to experience this amazing music scene.
Nordic Roots is a 78-minute, 20 track compilation featuring a taste of each NorthSide artist, from the heavy crunch of Hoven Droven to the sweet voices of Loituma.
NorthSide sweetens the mix with three tracks from Garmarna, Wimme, and Väsen unavailable elsewhere. It's cheaper than food, so you can give one to a friend who has yet to experience this amazing music scene.
Reviews
- "...20 tracks by 15 of the brightest Northern Lights.... As might be expected from people who spend half the year in frozen darkness, some of the tracks have a deeply melancholy feel, but the playing is always energetic enough to cast off a few rays of sunshine." -- j. poet, amazon.com
- "...a definitive collection of the best music the region has to offer." -- Tina Mrazik, All-Music Guide
- "This is an unadorned, brazen frolic in the tundra tunes." -- All Music Guide
- "Retailing for under five bucks, it's an all-you-can-eat cultural smorgasbord." -- Request
- An intrepid music writer from Jefferson Public Radio in Oregon tests NorthSide's claim that Nordic Roots is really cheaper than food: "So give up just one box of Betsy Ross Mini-Donuts (with powdered sugar, $3.29), this summer, plunk down $2.98, and give your ears a feast. You'll discover a whole new realm of music." -- John Baxter
- "The Northside collection of ethnic Scandinavian folk music is a refreshing and successful addition to our music selection. The passion the music delivers appeals to the wide cross-section of clientele that we serve. It is reassuring to know that this wonderful heritage of music is not to be lost." -- Roger Williamson, Magus Books & Herbs, Minneapolis, MN
Track List:
| 1 | Väsen -- 30-Års Jiggen (30-Year Jig) | 2:17 | |
| 2 | Hedningarna -- Grodan / Widergrenen (Toadeater) | 4:51 | |
| 3 | Groupa -- Imeland | 3:57 | |
| 4 | Chateau Neuf -- Den Store Paipolsen (The Great Pie Pols) | 3:46 | |
| 5 | Swåp -- Red Jacket | 4:50 | |
| 6 | Loituma -- Eriskummainen Kantele (My Kantele) | 3:41 | |
| 7 | Garmarna -- En Gång Ska Han Gråta (One Day He'll Cry) -- [from a Swedish CD single] | 2:57 | |
| 8 | Väsen -- Brudmarsch... / Roddare I Bärsärk (Wedding March / Rowers Go Berserk) | 3:52 | |
| 9 | Hege Rimestad -- Skinfakse (Delivering The Light) | 3:50 | |
| 10 | Hedningarna -- Räven (Foxwoman) | 4:41 | |
| 11 | Wimme -- Bieggajorri (Weathervane) | 3:58 | |
| 12 | Tapani Varis -- Fanitullen | 2:10 | |
| 13 | Olov Johansson -- Sjöankans Vals (Sea Duck's Waltz) | 3:54 | |
| 14 | Hoven Droven -- Skvadern (The Skvader) | 2:57 | |
| 15 | Hedningarna -- Bierdna (The Bear) | 5:04 | |
| 16 | Wimme -- Texas [from a Finnish CD EP] | 3:13 | |
| 17 | Den Fule -- Den Blå Slåtten / Ormslå (The Blue Tune / The Legless Lizard) | 4:58 | |
| 18 | Troka -- Klockar Aleksanteri | 3:09 | |
| 19 | Triakel -- Alla Gossar (All The Young Men) | 3:11 | |
| 20 | Våsen -- Långt Ner I Småland / Slängpolska (Way Down In Småland / Swingpolska) [live in Seattle, previously unreleased] | 6:19 |
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