Folk & Rackare: Rackarspel
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Label: Caprice
Cat No: CAP61005
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 16th October 2020
Contents
Artists
Folk & RackareArtists
Folk & RackareAbout
Carin Kjellman and Ulf Gruvberg – honorary prize recipients at the 2018 Folk and World Music Gala – are legends, both as folk musicians and for their doubly educational efforts as radio hosts and editors on the Swedish Radio. Their cooperation began in Gothenburg in 1970. Soon, they began botanizing and modernizing medieval ballads. Their music also struck a balance between conservation and breaking new ground.
The debut album Med rötter i medeltiden (“Rooted in the Middle Ages”) came in 1974 and Folk och Rackare (“Folks and Rascals”) followed in 1976. Before the album Rackarspel (“Rackets”) came out in 1978, they had formed the group together with Jørn Jensen and Trond Villa. They reached international success and started touring around Europe, while the albums sold in editions that, today, would render gold and platinum records. Three more albums would follow before the group disbanded in 1986.
Parts of the repertoire or sound of groups such as Garmarna, Ranarim and not least Fränder can be traced back along the paths that Folk & Rackare forged. Their influence is also evident in Lena Willemark‘s way of approaching ballads.
Since 2017, Folk & Rackare are reunited, and with the digital debut of Folk och Rackare and Rackarspel, there are two more Swedish folk music classics just one click away. Timeless songs in new formats, just as originally intended.
Folk & Rackare:
- Carin Kjellman (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, recorder)
- Ulf Gruvberg (vocals, guitar, bowed psaltery, recorder, crumhorn, Jew’s harp, percussion)
- Jørn Jensen (vocals, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, bowed psaltery, crumhorn, Jew’s harp, spoons)
- Trond Villa (vocals, violin, Hardanger fiddle, percussion)
Guest musicians:
- Kalle Almlöf (violin)
- Tommy Johnson (double bass, bass guitar)
- Jonny Soling (violin, fiddle)
- Sten Forsman (double bass)
- Åke Sundquist (drums, percussion)
- Tomas Lundkvist (accordion, oboe, gypsum flute, digeridoo)
- Petter Ljunggren (fipple flute, flute)
- Janne Bandel (drums)
- Ahmadu Jarr (percussion)
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