Folk & Rackare

This Swedish-Norwegian folk group were formed in 1972 on the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where two musicology students Carin Kjellman (vocals, dulcimer, recorder, guitar, psalterion) and Ulf Gruvberg (vocals, guitar, bass, cittern, mandolin, crumhorn, jew’s harp, percussion) began playing together and created a repertoire of traditional Swedish music. On both their albums being a duo these were along with a selection of folk and jazz music artists, and in 1976, these were became a member of by two previous members from the Norwegian music group Folque, Jørn Jensen (mandolin, dulcimer, bassoon, psalterion, electric guitar, percussion, jew’s harp, vocals), who acquired played on the second record, and Trond Villa (fiddle, hardingfiddle, crumhorn, mandolin, vocals), both of whom became full-time associates from the music group. Folk Och Rackare extended their repertoire to add Norwegian ballads and music, and created their exclusive music: a powerful agreement of vocal harmonies, electrical and medieval musical instruments, and Kjellman’s wonderful tone of voice. In the past due 70s, they performed several large Western european folk celebrations, and after Stjärnhästen, a assortment of Swedish Xmas carols, the music group had taken a four-year break. They came back in 1985 using their last record, Rackbag, which highlighted the guitarist Richard Thompson, and which demonstrated the impact of both Albion Band and its own offshoot Home Program. During a lot of the 80s Gruvberg was the presenter from the root base radio present Trender Och Traditioner (Tendencies And Customs) on Swedish Country wide radio (SR) and he’s today the controller from the even more rock-orientated third radio route, P3. In 1985 Carin Kjellman released a solo record including cover variations of music by Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson, while both Jensen and Villa remain involved with folk music in Norway.