Ljus och lykta

Ljus och lykta: Klara Ekman von Huth, Annika Hammer, Vega Nordkvist, Anton Larsson

Caprice Records has the great honour of presenting the self-titles debut album of folk music band Ljus och lykta (meaning “Light and lantern”). They’re a breath of fresh air on the Swedish music scene, and in terms of genre, they mainly reside in the borderland between folk music and ballad tradition, and have great potential to reach a wider audience. A versatile musical experience where love songs are mixed with chorales and medieval ballads, all virtuosically performed with polyphonic vocals, fiddle and guitar.

While their music is firmly rooted in the Scandinavian tradition, Ljus och lykta also finds inspiration in other musical genres, such as bluegrass and British folk. Almost all material comes from the collections of the Swedish Performing Arts Agency’s archives. That’s also one of the basic ideas with the album – to let vocal archive material be the focus.

Ljus och Lykta constitutes many musical worlds – traditional and modern, instrumental and vocal, rustic and elegant – and the result is striking in its simplicity.

Below, you can watch the music video for the band’s first single, Uti rosen:

Available on CD, as well as all major digital stores and streaming services.