Songleikr - Nordic folk music with Maria Franz, Ingrid Galadriel, and Kasia

About this episode

The episode features a conversation about Nordic folk music with Maria Franz and her co-singers, exploring various cultural and musical themes.

Did you know that Heilung's Maria Franz has been deeply involved with the coolest Nordic folk music project for over 20 years? Together with her co-singers, Ingrid Galadriel and Kasia, Maria joined Amina and Mathias for a fun conversation about how to make Nordic folk music, singing in obscure Norwegian dialects, creating songs about widows wearing chastity belts, and awakening the trolls in northern Norway.

People in this episode

Hosts: Amina Otto, Mathias Nordvig

Guests: Maria Franz, Ingrid Galadriel, Kasia

Topics covered

• Nordic folk music
• music creation
• cultural dialects
• mythology
• songwriting

Keywords

• Nordic folk music
• Maria Franz
• Ingrid Galadriel
• Kasia
• Heilung
• Norwegian dialects
• trolls
• songwriting
• cultural music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heilung

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