New release coming up
Recording a new release in the end of January with Lars Anders Tomter and Markku Ounaskari as Sinikka Langeland Trio. Photo: h-a.no
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Spiller på Big Bang sin nye utgivelse!
Utdrag fra P3.no: Bigbang slipper 1. mars platen The Oslo Bowl som er spilt inn i Øystein Grenis studio i Los Angeles. Og første låt ut fra albumet har også en amerikansk klang i tittelen “Like Americans Do”. Sangen beskriver i følge bandet en frossen og tvilende nordmanns undring og misunnelse overfor amerikaneres pågangsmot og tro på seg selv. […]
«The Sky Bore the Earth, and the Earth Bore a Tree» – Interview
“Myths are important. But they hold no power if nobody believes in them,” says Sinikka Langeland. Text: Ida Habbestad “I took part in an exercise once. I was one of a group that went to the forest with an ecologist. The ecologist asked us to think about how we could earn money from the forest […]
Sibeliusprisen!
SIBELIUS SOCIETY NORWAY SIBELIUS PRIZE 2012 TO SINIKKA LANGELAND The Sibelius Society of Norway has awarded the Sibelius Prize 2012 to singer, musician and composer Sinikka Langeland. She will receive the prize at a concert given by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Oslo Concert Hall on 1 November 2012. Sinikka Langeland (b. 1961) is […]
Peter Uhlír in Czech republic is publishing poems by Hans Børli
Peter Uhlír from Czech republic visited Hans Børlis home and also Sinikka Langeland in Finnskogen in august 2012 After listening to the CD “Starflowers” he became interested in the poems and started translating work. In the automn 2012 the book “CESTA LESBY ” will be published. ISBN 978-80 7323 240-5
Video: Per Maning Musikk: Sinikka Langeland Centre Pompidou i Paris
Utstillingen «Edvard Munch, det moderne øyet, 1900–1944» på Centre Pompidou i Paris fra september 2011 til januar 2012. Arrangementet «Munch and after – oktober» 2011 viste verker av A. K. Dolven, Per Maning og Thomas Kvam. Fellesnevner for to av disse kunstnerne, A. K. Dolven og Per Maning, er at de begge er inspirert av […]
Folkbaltica 2012
“Jazzthetik” Jazz-magazine, Germany 13.5. 2012 – Guido Diesing The fusion of old and new by Norwegian duo Sinikka Langeland (kantele, vocals) and Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass) was convincing. Shamanistic rune chants met grooving bass motifs, and Langeland demonstrated how modern a kantele could sound. She also proved how effective these archaic incantations still are today by […]
Folkbaltica 2012
Flensburger Tageblatt 15.5. 2012 – Joachim Pohl Sunday, at last day of the festival , in „Visecafe“ the audience could experience folkBaltica at its best again:The Norwegian duo Sinikka Langeland (kantele, vocals) and Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass). offered with their new interpretations of old Runesongs fascinating soundexperiences between magic monotonie and forcing rhythms. On top the wonderful voice of the singer, who […]
ECM feires på Moldejazz
ECM, det tyske selskapet som siden starten i 1969 har vært den viktigste åpningen mot verden for norsk jazz, blir «Label in residence» ved årets Moldejazz fra 16. til 21. juli. Les artikkel her.
Review in Jazzconvention.net
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Vårt Land – Review of concert at Oslo Internasjonale Kirkemusikkfestival
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Oslo to Svullrya – urban and rural places as musical spaces
Article in dutch by “Written in music”
Urfremføring – «Sammas – Himmelsøyle» av Sinikka Langeland 17.03.2012
Sinikka Langeland Ensemble og Trio Mediæval. Arve Henriksen, Anders Jormin, Trygve Seim og Markku Ounaskari Lørdag 17. mars 20.30 – Gamle Aker kirke “Det er inspirerende å finne spor og fragmenter av forestillinger om verdenstreet – “axsis mundi” på Finnskogen. Jeg har omformet disse og noen parallellhistorier til sanger som omkranses av instrumentale partier og […]
Vårt Land – Review The Land That Is Not
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Østlendingen – Review The Land That Is Not
Bergens Tidende – Review The Land That Is Not
Panorama!
Tonkori Lesson at Ainu Museum. Sinikka Langeland, Oddleiv Apneseth & Workshop members . Tonkori is a traditional musical instrument of Ainu. Ainu are indigenous people of Japan. Ainu Museum, Hokkaido, Japan. Click here to see the panorama!
Vg – The Land That Is Not Review
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Dagsavisen – The Land That Is Not Review
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Jazz Echo – The Land That Is Not review
Ähnliches ließe sich nun auch über “The Land That Is Not” sagen. Nur ist die Band zwischenzeitlich enorm weitergereift und zusammengewachsen. Und das macht die Musik so zu sagen noch besser als sehr gut. Same could be said now about “The Land That Is Not” say. Only the band has since matured enormously and […]