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Discovery Records
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Norwegian singer Sofia Jannok’s first solo CD is called “Ceaskat” (‘white’) - white as snow – and her voice has a beguiling, ethereal purity and yet, when needed, a dramatic strength. The lyrics are mostly in Sami (the language of Northern Scandinavian peoples, including Laplanders), which is Sofia’s mother- tongue - but some lyrics are also written in English. Sofia mixes different influences in her music : jazz, pop and ‘yoik’ (Sami folk music chants, often wordless). The CD was recorded and produced in Oslo, in 2006, by the renowned producer Svein Schultz, who has cleverly arranged Sofia Jannok’s folk songs, often acapella in origin, into richer contemporary pieces - electric and acoustic - with backing from guitar, keyboards, bass & drums.
Last year Sofia has been toured Sweden and the Balkans; performed as one of the main characters in the musical ‘Erkki & Laura’; and was awarded two important Scandinavian music prizes. She is also the producer for a world-music programme on Sweden’s Radio P2, and was the hostess for ‘Liet – Lavlut 2006’ - the TV broadcast Minority Languages Song Contest in Östersund. |
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Discovery catalogue available for
Sofia Jannok
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White (Sweden)
Assogattis - by the embers
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