By THIRSTY
The Scandinavian group
SVER plays instrumental folk music with the energy of a rock band and the
elegance of a chamber group. Featuring Nordic and traditional fiddles, SVER (the name translates as “grand”) features two
Norwegians, Olav Luksengård Mjelva (fiddle and
hardanger fiddle, Norway’s national instrument) and Leif Ingvar Ranøien
(accordion), and three musicians from Sweden: Anders Hall (fiddle and viola),
Adam Johansson (guitar) and Jens Linell (drums and percussion).
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| SVER in concert |
SVER’s music is firmly rooted in Norwegian and Swedish folk music, but the group also draws freely from American bluegrass and jazz to rock, pop and dancehall. With four albums to their credit, SVER’s most recent is entitled, Reverie (2018).
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| SVER - Reverie |
This past month, the
group completed their fourth U.S. tour in the United States and was joined for
several shows in New England by singer, composer and international recording
artist, Moira Smiley.
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| SVER in concert with Moira Smiley |
Stay Thirsty Magazine is pleased to feature
SVER not only because of their musicianship, but also because of the uplifting
and infectious spirit their music engenders.
(SVER concert photo credit: Anbjørg Myhra Bergwitz)
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