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Vänner Och Fränder (Friends and Kin) | Garmarna | 5:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sir Mannelig | Garmarna | 6:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Halling from Macedonia | Garmarna | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Min Man (My Husband) | Garmarna | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Varulven (Werewolf) | Garmarna | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hilla Lilla | Garmarna | 6:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Drew Drusnaar / Idag Som Igår (Today As Before) | Garmarna | 2:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Njaalkeme (Hunger) | Garmarna | 5:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sir Holger | Garmarna | 4:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Guds Spelemän (The Fiddlers of God) | Garmarna | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
Album Review
Keeping solidly to Scandinavia's reputation for gloom is the folk-rock band Garmarna, which mixes traditional Swedish acoustic instruments with electric guitars and the intermittant African drum. Garmarna vaires its attack from low-key telling of horrors to an amplied assault in songs that report of ghouls, trolls, werewolves, and other folkloric denizens of the northern European collective imagination. To its credit, the band maintains a non-ironic, matter-of-fact approach as if merely documenting local history rather than acting out melodramatic material that might even have disturbed the Brothers Grimm. Some surprisingly light and graceful moments arise from this deadpan perspective.
Customer Reviews
Dark...just the way I like it
Scandinavian folk music has a lot of happy music, great for festivals and parties. However, there is also another strain of much darker music which calls from deep in the steep valleys of Norway, the misty forests of Sweden and Finland, and the tundra of the north. Garmarna does an amazing job of capturing this deep and empty loneliness of life in such an environment with music that is incredibly beautiful.
Right to the heart
God's Musicians is a great example of the universality of music--it is intense and moving, ancient and exciting, and it matters not one whit whether you can understand the lyrics, the voices and music will seize you on the most primal of levels. This album will make you howl at the moon--and everybody ought to do that once in a while, just to remember they're part of a pack. ;)
Biography
Formed: 1990 in Sweden
Genre: World
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Garmarna
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1 |
Varulven (Werewolf) | God's Musicians | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Sir Mannelig | God's Musicians | 6:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Vänner Och Fränder (Friends and Kin) | God's Musicians | 5:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Sir Holger | God's Musicians | 4:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Min Man (My Husband) | God's Musicians | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Drew Drusnaar / Idag Som Igår (Today As Before) | God's Musicians | 2:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Hilla Lilla | God's Musicians | 6:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Guds Spelemän (The Fiddlers of God) | God's Musicians | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Halling from Macedonia | God's Musicians | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Njaalkeme (Hunger) | God's Musicians | 5:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
