En ballad Kristin funnit i en gammal visbok i Malung, Sverige. Med tiden får både texter och melodier sina egna liv...   
Troligen tagen från A. A. Afzelius uppteckningar, står som nummer 6 i Geijer-Afzelius första upplaga.

Klassifikation: Sveriges Medeltida Ballader 32 (SMB 32 A; TSB A 67) 

Mastering gjord av Nathan Bissette!!

Tag: tonalityTag: timbreTag: microtonalityTag: intonationTag: GuitarTag: SingingTag: sångTag: vocalTag: DalarnaTag: Sweden


Sorgens Makt

Liveinspelning av en slåttervisa från Malung. Melodin är vida spridd i Skandinavien, dock vanligen med en annan text. Denna version är inspirerad av flera lokala storsångare som finns att höra i Svenskt Visarkiv.     

Slåttervisan

Sjömansvisa efter Frithiof Törnberger, Hällaryd, Blekinge  

En sjöman han förlustar sig

En visa med spridning i hela Skandinavien och Polen, minst... 
 

Stenåldersvalsen/Var det du eller var det jag

En blandning av olika emigrantvisor funna i arkivmaterial från Malung. 

Emigrantvisan

Grönan Lund

The source of this song is the great singer Back-Erik Daniel Ersson, 1874-1947, Västra Fors, Malung. 
The old man that taught Kristin this song was very careful with the intonation and said "again, again" until it was right. The text comes from the bible story about the ten virgins, a very common theme in folk art all over Europe.     

Hav trones lampa färdig

A cumulative song about a young person serving at a farm. Each year she/he gets rewarded with something; a hen, a rooster, a cow...  

This song is from Blekinge! Though - the song is widely spread and different versions are to be found in several European countries.

Jag tjänte hos en bonde

Mitt farväl jag blandar

Vikingabalken, from Esaias Tegnérs Friothiofs saga. The text was first published at 1825. The melody is from a recording with Niss Hjalmar Mattsson, Malung, made 1949 by the Swedish Radio. 

Frithiofs saga, Vikingabalken

Fridens Liljor = Peace Lilies, a Swedish salutation associated with the working class. Femininity, virginity, pureness and death are often symbolised by lilies.   

First album in the making, until then - enjoy raw sound files from small and big live concerts, on request from our beloved audience and ballad-chorus-singers! Every performance is unique and this is just a small selection of interpretations and songs. 

Traditional music, mainly Swedish, inspired by personal relations with older singers and story-tellers, archival records, old legends, the latest in folk music research and youtube clips with various rock and roll heroes - from the big stages as well as traditional kitchen-singing-heroes!

KRISTIN BORGEHED comes from all over middle Sweden (Uppsala, Dalarna, Hälsingland, Härjedalen) and her role in Fridens Liljor is to sing, play the double bass and drive the car when touring. One day also the clarinet, zither and fiddle - so far rarely officially. When not singing in Fridens Liljor or other constellations she works as a PhD researcher at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, investigating timbre/intonation/tonality in traditional singing and its mutual impact and effect on mood/mindset/temperament. (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/profiles/r01keb12, http://www.abdn.ac.uk/the-north/research/the-northern-temperament/cultural-performance/). 
 
RASMUS KROHN from Blekinge, the outmost southeast county called Sweden's garden, plays guitars, mandolin, fiddle and sings. His role on tours are beyond playing quite a few - read maps, speak Danish, make bad jokes and very dark coffee. Apart from playing in Fridens Liljor he studies folk music and pedagogy at The Malmö Academy of Music, Sweden.   

We are honoured to travel almost anywhere near and far to sing, play, teach (singing, guitar/other string things, ballads, hymns, herding calls) and talk (tonality, timbre, singing, folk music) - please contact us for more info! / Kristin and Rasmus
fridenslilja@live.se      

Fridens liljor

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