Spælimenninir - Floð & fjøra (shd18)

The eight album recorded 1996 Faroe Island from this lively and energetic band with a varity of traditional and contempory music and once agian they've come up with a new angel on traditional tunes: listen for example to their instrumental interpretation of old Faroese Skaldurs (songs)

Spælimenninir formed in 1974 in Tórshavn, Faroe Island plays traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia. Their music reflects its members varied backgrounds, Faroese, Swedish, American and Danish. The group has a playing style all its own - a blend of the various Scandinavian countries with a bit of Shetland and New England thrown in.

They have been playing conserts and dances, on both sides of the Atlantic, for over twenty years and released numerous recording.

Jan Danielsson (v), Erling Olsen (v), Ívar Bærentsen (mand, g, ), Sharon Weiss (rec, ), Kristian Blak (p,harmonium, voc), Charlie Pilzer (b)

Spælimenninir formed in 1974 in Tórshavn, Faroe Island plays traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia. Their music reflects its members varied backgrounds, Faroese, Swedish, American and Danish. The group has a playing style all its own - a blend of the various Scandinavian countries with a bit of Shetland and New England thrown in.

They have been playing conserts and dances, on both sides of the Atlantic, for over twenty years and released numerous recording.

The group's home base is the Faroe Islands in the far North Atlantic, a small cluster of islands located between Iceland, Norway and Scotland. While they are based in the Faroes, Spælimenninir is not strictly a "Faroese" band, either in personnel or music. Spælimenninir has toured widely in Denmark, Sweden, Orkney, Shetland, Scotland, France, Finland and the United States playing at folk festivals, dances, clubs, and concerts and conducting educational programs in schools and universities. Their festival appearances have included the Kaustinen Folk Festival in Finland, Tønder Folk and Jazz Festival in Denmark, the Shetland Folk Festival and the Edinburgh Folk Festival. In the U.S., they have made several appearances on the nationally broadcast radio show "A Prairie Home Companion", produced by Minnesota Public Radio and were featured performers at the Eisteddfod Folk Festival in Massachusetts, USA.