When it comes to politics, folk musicians and their fans tend to be left of center. That’s true in many places beyond the United States, including Sweden. Yet, as ethnographer David Kaminsky wrote in ...

Swedish folk band FRÄNDER will perform at Club Passim on January 14, sharing contemporary arrangements that draw from Swedish and Estonian musical traditions. The group is recognized as one of the ...

Contrary to Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch, jazz is no longer an American or, even more specifically, Afro-American art form. Jazz has, in fact, always been about incorporating music from various ...

LAVA HOT SPRINGS — While traveling throughout the country in her small RV, Swedish-born artist Sofia Talvik will be stopping to play some mellow folk tunes in Lava Hot Springs and Ashton in late May.

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Where Blodtår differentiate themselves, especially on their new record, is in how they open up melodic Swedish black metal ...

International folk music force of nature and Sweden’s 2023 Artist of the Year, Lena Jonsson, makes her debut at this year’s Savannah Music Festival. She’s played alongside Molly Tuttle, Allison de ...

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