Folk Music from Norway

Folk Music from Norway Artist: Lief Sorbye
Label: Arc Music
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


EAN: 5019396145627
ASIN: B000007RZS


Release Date: 1998-07-14

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Tracks:

  1. Jenta Gar Pa Gulvet - Tater Polka (Girl Moves On The Dance Floor)
  2. Jeg Lagde Meg Sa Silde (I Lay Down To Rest)
  3. Syndebukken (Scapegoat)
  4. Vi Skal Ikkje Sove Bort Somarnatta (We Shall Not Sleep Away...)
  5. Hansen's Polka - Alborg Polka
  6. Det Star Ein Friar Uti Gare (There's A Suitor In The Garden)
  7. Kjerringa Pa Seter'n (Old Lady On The Mountain Farm)
  8. Danse, Ikke Grate Na (Dance, Do Not Cry)
  9. Haugebonden (Barrow Man)
  10. Springdans: Brekke Enkja - Margit Og Torgeir
  11. Kjerringa Med Staven (Old Woman With The Staff)
  12. Reinlender-Rull

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Joy and sadness, spooky and beautiful!.......2003-09-22

Five stars if you're a folk music lover, otherwise who knows - but there is some really interesting music here. Sorbye has selected a set of Norwegian songs that display their characteristic blend of joy and sadness - sometimes with a bit of a spooky sound that makes the hair on your neck stand up. Listen,too for the lilt and drone of the hardingfele - Norway's national instrument: the Hardanger fiddle played here by two Seattle (?) area artists, Jane Landstra and Ken Embrey. Sorbye has a smokey, deep voice that you will remember, too.

He can also be heard, sounding quite different, on CDs by his Celtic/Norwegian folk/rock group Tempest, as a (former?) member of Golden Bough, and at least one solo CD. Tempest tours a couple of times a year, watch for them especially in college towns.

Although we had this record on vinyl (titled "Springdans"), we searched the US and the length of Norway from Kristiansand to Kirkenes for the CD - finally finding a copy in a shop in Trier, Germany (it turns out it was not released in Norway - oh well, we had a great trip there). I had listened to Norwegian folk music since the '40's, but never thought of it as particularly cool until hearing it done by Lief Sýrbye. Sorry to go on so much about this CD, I have no connection to anyone connected with it, except for meeting Lief once at a Tempest concert in Portland. If you think you might like this music, grab your copy while you can - out-of-the-mainstream music comes and goes without warning.

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