Author Topic: Sofia Jannok @ House of Sweden -- April 13  (Read 1006 times)

seeking_irony

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Sofia Jannok @ House of Sweden -- April 13
« on: April 05, 2007, 06:01:00 pm »
I thought I would post this in case it was up anyone's alley...
 
 Sofia Jannok is from the north of Sweden, and writes most of her lyrics in Sami, her native language. She mixes jazz, pop and yoik influences. Yoik is  a traditional Sami form of song that's very hard to describe in just a few words, except maybe as chanting. You can listen to some bits on her site. It can be quite pretty, actually, but probably a bit difficult to get into if you're not Sami, or at least Swedish.
 
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