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Sjofn (album)

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Released
  
2000

Producer
  
Gjallarhorn

Artist
  
Gjallarhorn

Label
  
NorthSide

Recorded
  
June–August 1999

Sjofn (2000)
  
Grimborg (2003)

Release date
  
2000

Genre
  
Folk music

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Studio
  
Martin Kantola Audio, Karpero, Finland

Similar
  
Gjallarhorn albums, Folk music albums

Gjallarhorn sjofn 2000 full album


Sjofn is an album by Gjallarhorn. It was the band's second studio album, and was released in 2000. It combines striking singing by vocalist Jenny Wilhelms with vigorous Swedish folk-style accompaniment, but with a didgeridoo as an updated drone.

Contents

The album was brought out with the help of Finlands Svenska Folkmusikinstitut (Finland's Swedish Folk Music Institute) and Svenska Kulturfonden (The Swedish Culture Fund).

Reception

Steven McDonald, writing on AllMusic, described Sjofn as "a thoroughly Pagan delight of an album", explaining that it is "essentially dedicated to the goddess" Sjofn. He felt that the album was supported "quite well" by the two videos supplied on the 'enhanced' CD, specially liking the 'Suvetar' video which seems to show a fertility rite, though he also admired the 'Dejelill Och Lagerman' video which has "the local equivalent of" horned god Cernunnos/Herne watching Gjallarhorn playing in an urban environment. The CD, McDonald concludes, is "great stuff, and very, very highly recommended."

Track listing

  1. "Suvetar (Goddess of Spring)" – 5:14
  2. "Tova och Konungen (Tova and the King)" – 4:20
  3. "Dejelill Och Lagerman" – 3:23
  4. "Menuett from Jeppo (Polska) – Intro" – 1:05
  5. "Menuett from Jeppo (Polska)" – 3:12
  6. "Kom Helge Ande (Come, Holy Spirit)"
  7. "Näcken och Jungfrun (The Water-Sprite and the Maiden)" – 3:15
  8. "Su Ru Ruskadirej" – 3:55
  9. "Bergfäst (Mountain Haunted)" 7:41
  10. "Oravaismenuett (Oravais Minuet)" – 3:33
  11. "Lille Dansa (Dance a Little)" – 2:46
  12. "Hjaðningaríma (Heathen Song)" – 2:26
  13. "Sinivatsa (Dolphin Calling)" – 7:37

Personnel

  • Jenny Wilhelms – vocals, fiddle
  • Christopher Öhman – vocals, viola, mandola, kalimba
  • Tommy Mansikka-Aho – harp, didgeridoo, djembe, udu drum
  • David Lillkvist – drums, bongos, congas, darabuka, cymbals, djembe, kalimba, shaker, surdo, tambourine, triangle, udu drum, chimes
  • Sara Puljula – acoustic bass

    • Songs

    1Suvetar (Goddess of Spring)5:14
    2Tova och konungen (Tova and the King)4:20
    3Dejelill och Lagerman (Dejelill and Lagerman)3:23

    References

    Sjofn (album) Wikipedia
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