On 18/01/2025 14:46, Lars Poulsen wrote:

Never heard of them. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they
traverse a wide arch of styles. From Hildegard of Bingen to "trip hop".
Which of it do you like?

Sound like Skandi Fairport Convention to me. Folk Rock as we used to
call it..taking traditional scales/melodies and bringing them up to date.

See also the Corrs, Clannad, The Strawbs, and many many more.

This lot are a bit interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHNbkBNbrr8

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:55:30 +0100, D wrote:

The wife loves jazz. Speaking of "new" I gave her an LP with Jan
Johansson called Jazz på svenska. It's a jazzification of old swedish
folk melodies. Quite relaxing, calm and melancholic. Kind of mirrors the >>> swedish temperament I would say.

Spounds similar to the old recordings with Svend Asmussen and Alice
Babs. There was a box set called Together. http://cleo.beagle-ears.com/music/index.cgi?./Alice%20Babs%20&%20Svend%20Asmussen
My own taste is more to Lill Lindfors http://cleo.beagle-ears.com/music/index.cgi?./Lill%20Lindfors/24%20B%C3%A4sta

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

I like Nordic Revival bands like Garmana. I'm not sure I'd like jazz in
the mix.

On 2025-01-18, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Ahh... Garmarna! Yes, good stuff! I even have a cd somewhere in a box in
the attic. There was a time when I really like them, and I still do. =)

Never heard of them. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they
traverse a wide arch of styles. From Hildegard of Bingen to "trip hop".
Which of it do you like?

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On Sat, 18 Jan 2025, Lars Poulsen wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:55:30 +0100, D wrote:

The wife loves jazz. Speaking of "new" I gave her an LP with Jan
Johansson called Jazz på svenska. It's a jazzification of old swedish >>>> folk melodies. Quite relaxing, calm and melancholic. Kind of mirrors the >>>> swedish temperament I would say.

Spounds similar to the old recordings with Svend Asmussen and Alice
Babs. There was a box set called Together. http://cleo.beagle-ears.com/music/index.cgi?./Alice%20Babs%20&%20Svend%20Asmussen
My own taste is more to Lill Lindfors http://cleo.beagle-ears.com/music/index.cgi?./Lill%20Lindfors/24%20B%C3%A4sta

Could not login. Was password protected. But both Babs and Lindfors are
very classic!

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

I like Nordic Revival bands like Garmana. I'm not sure I'd like jazz in
the mix.

On 2025-01-18, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Ahh... Garmarna! Yes, good stuff! I even have a cd somewhere in a box in
the attic. There was a time when I really like them, and I still do. =)

Never heard of them. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they
traverse a wide arch of styles. From Hildegard of Bingen to "trip hop".
Which of it do you like?

At that time it was more of modernized folk music. Had no idea about the
other stuff!

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On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:46:42 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

Never heard of them. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they
traverse a wide arch of styles. From Hildegard of Bingen to "trip hop".
Which of it do you like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qszeZ7b8--Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM7dGQ9NP_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H48yxj33Dss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47nFpK7lkD8

I've never heard their 'hip hop'.

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