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3 Mixed
Origin
Oslo, NorwayGenre
FolkStyle
Folk
Mood
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Active
2002 to Present...Cutout
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Valkyrien Allstars were founded in 2002 as a Hardanger fiddle trio by Tuva Syvertsen, Ola Hilmen and Erik Sollid — three musicians who found each other at Strunkeveko in Valdres and began playing regular evenings at the venue Valkyrien in Oslo, from which they took their name. The breakthrough came with a place in the final of NRK’s Kjempesjansen in 2006, where they lost to Alexander Rybak. The self-titled debut album (2007) sold to platinum — a remarkable figure for Norwegian folk music — and was nominated for a Spellemann Award for Newcomer of the Year. Since then there have been seven albums, the most recent being Venter på noen, som venter på noen. The current lineup is Syvertsen (vocals, Hardanger fiddle, accordion) and Sollid (Hardanger fiddle, tenor guitar, mandolin), with Magnus Larsen on double bass and Martin Langlie on drums.
The music of Valkyrien Allstars is rooted in Norwegian tradition — old tunes, stev and kveder from Setesdal, Valdres and Numedal — but treats tradition as a living material that can be stretched, twisted and blended with rock, soul, blues and pop. The Hardanger fiddle is at the centre, bowed, plucked or used percussively, but it is Tuva Syvertsen’s voice that gives the music its immediate power: soulful, strong and with an ability to carry both the melancholic and the wildly energetic. The lyrics draw from both Norwegian poetry — Shakespeare translated by André Bjerke, Halldis Moren Vesaas, Arne Garborg — and the band’s own material. The band themselves have put it this way: “We don’t care much about the music being neat and tidy. Music should kick. And ideally be felt in your gut.”
Live, Valkyrien Allstars are one of Norway’s most critically acclaimed bands, known for concerts full of tenderness, energy and surprising musical turns. They have won the Spellemann Award and the Gammleng Prize, played festivals and stages across the country, and have an ability to reach audiences that extends far beyond the traditional folk music community. After more than two decades they are still in motion, still playful, and still capable of making a room vibrate with an instrument most people associate with another era.
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