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Skåne is an area in the south of Sweden, the dismal home of Henning Mankell's Wallander mysteries, but also the home of some beautiful and light traditional Swedish music. The music took inspiration from the traditions of the North as well as music coming over the Baltic Sea from continental Europe, which developed into dances such as the slängpolska and engelska, or remained rather unchanged such as the quadrille. The fiddle is a common instrument as it is in entire Scandinavia, but also the flute is quite familiar in Skåne. The trio of fiddler/singer Maria Bojlund, flutist/bouzouki/mandolinist Markus Tullberg and bouzouki/guitarist/singer Gabriel Hermansson delivers old songs of love and war (booklet with lyrics and background in English) and tunes, featuring many polskas, a quadrille and an engelska, as well as a wedding march and a dockedansen.
Altogether it is not Nordic music as you usually get to hear. It makes an enjoyable listening, and Jidder produced, in my humble opinion, one of the most entertaining Swedish albums of the 2011 season. - Folkworld
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Music of Skåne KAPCD002 (2011)
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SCANIA - the most southern tip of Sweden, a region
that has been the place of contact between the deep
forests in the north and the lively continent across the
water southwards. Scania wasn’t even Swedish until
the 17th century and the unique culture can be spoted
in the architecture, the food, the craft and of course
- the Scanian Traditional Music.
JIDDER - a new exciting trio that takes the music
of Scania to new heights. The band has dug up tunes
from the old archives and brings the light of today to
the old melodies, through their multiple instruments
and their own arrangements - it’s traditional music of
today!
The debut CD was released in September 2011 and
has been praised by the press and audience.
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