Ranarim
Ranarim was a Swedish folk band. Most recently it consisted of Ulrika Bodén (vocals, flute), Johanna Bölja Hertzberg (vocals), Niklas Roswall ( Nyckelharpa ) and Daniel Ek (guitar, mandola ). The band played a mixture of folk songs and their own compositions, including influences from modern genres such as pop music in their interpretations.
Surname
Ranarim means “dew carpet” ( rana is a tapestry or carpet; rim is the old Swedish word for “dew”).
Band history
The band was founded by Sofia Sandén, Ulrika Bodén, Niklas Roswall and Jens Engelbrecht during their time together at the Royal Music Academy Stockholm .
Niklas Roswall won the Riksspelman Prize in 1992 and the Nyckelharpa World Championship in 1996 . Among other things, he published a solo album and made music in the Nyckelharporkestern .
Ulrika Bodén and Sofia Sandén were also members of Rosenbergs sjua and R7 , a women's a cappella group founded by Susanne Rosenberg.
With the song Skulle jag sörja from Ranarim's second album För världen älskar vad som är brokot , a well-known poem of the same name by the Swedish poet Lasse Lucidor was set to music.
At the end of 2010 the band broke up for family and professional reasons.
Other former members
- Petter Berndalen ( percussion )
- Olle Linder
- Johnsson is different
Discography
- 2000: Till ljusan dag (German translation: "Until the light of day")
- 2003: För världen älskar vad som är brokot ("The world loves the unexpected") (with guest percussionist Sebastian Notini)
- 2006: Morgonstjärna ("Morning Star")
- 2008: Allt vid den ljusa stjärnan ("In the light of the star")
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ranarim.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=69&lang=en
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.niklasroswall.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=8&lang=en
- ↑ http://www.niklasroswall.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=15&lang=en
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ranarim.se/ Ranarim says thank you
Web links
- Official website of the band (English, Swedish)
- Band biography on the side of North Side Rec. (English)