WATCH! Wardruna go to Hobgoblin folks music instrument store
Prime purveyors of roots music, Wardruna have made an artwork from previous Scandanavian sounds relationship again to the viking interval. Their atmospheric music and beautiful reside gigs have seen them on the forefront of this now in style world and nonetheless very a lot the go to band for anybody on this music and tradition.
Again in December 2024 and earlier than the discharge of their sixth album, Birna (twenty fourth January by way of Music for Nations/Sony) Einar Selvik from Wardruna paid a go to to London’s Hobgoblin music store to discover their uncommon acoustic and folks devices from all over the world. It was an ideal alternative for Einar to share his data about conventional devices and delve into Wardruna’s musical course of.
Wardruna have not too long ago completed their UK and Eire tour in help of the brand new album, our author Andrew Pountney caught the present on the Barbican in York (try his reside overview and photos right here). The band continues their world tour and can return to the UK in August for Arctangent Pageant – full checklist of dates right here: https://www.wardruna.com/tour-dates/
In regards to the new album, Birna – the she-bear in Outdated Norse – is a murals devoted to the warden of the forest, nature’s caretaker, and her battles right here on earth. Slowly pushed out of her habitat by modern-day societies, she has entered a stage of everlasting hibernation. Because of this, the forest is regularly dying, eager for its pulse and coronary heart – it’s shepherd. Birna requires her return.
Birna nurtures the perception that has been on the core of Selvik’s philosophy proper from the beginning: sowing new seeds while strengthening previous roots. Devices and knowledge from historic occasions, coupled with modern-day soundscapes and recorded sounds of nature, present a uncommon alternative to inform us one thing worthwhile about ourselves. It really works as a reminder that we’re a part of nature, not above it, and it presents a means of remembering, not for reminiscence’s personal sake, however to achieve each new and forgotten insights.
Together with the brand new album comes a recorded present of Wardruna’s distinctive equinox efficiency on the world heritage web site Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis, Athens. Spanning over two hours, the present featured excellent reside performances of songs from the group’s discography, similar to Helvegen, Kvitravn, Heimta Thurs and Lyfjaberg (that characteristic on the brand new album Birna).
The brand new album and the DVD/Blu-ray can be found for ordering right here.
photograph by Morten Munthe
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