Nordic Folk Instruments

The traditional folk music of our time has its roots in an equally traditional farming society where it was a daily, self-evident component of all the different situations of life. Some of these folk instruments have remained unchanged throughout the centuries  –  above all the lur (a horn made of wood, covered with birch bark) and the horn  –  while dance instruments have varied with changes in fashion.

On this CD we hear the String Harp, Bagpipe, Monochord, Kantele, Langeleik and patches of birch bark.

Frifot and Garmarna are two examples of folk music groups where old folk instruments and ways of singing are used in new forms.