Sara Parkman

EN

The folk musician, composer and violinist Sara Parkman is the perfect mix of Vikings and Berghain - folklore, heavy beats, Hildegard von Bingen, Gregorian chants and dirty violins all come together in her unique sound. 

Over the past five years, she has established herself as one of Sweden’s most interesting contemporary folk musicians with two full-length albums and collaborations with Fever Ray and Bob Hund. She continues to show that traditional music has a place in both known and unexplored areas of today.

Her 2019 album Vesper is an album about inner rooms, doubts, and the radicality of believing in something. With the album, Sara asks ”what do we find when we glance into our own heritage, and understand that it’s impossible to be culturally neutral?” Christianity has existed in the Parkman family for several generations, just like socialism has. Here, the cultural as well as the musical heritage are explored and interpreted through distorted pedal organs, choirs, minimalism, and eternity-polskas.

NO

Folkemusiker, komponist og fiolinist Sara Parkman står midt i veikrysset mellom vikinger og Berghain, med tunge beats, overtro, Hildegard von Bingen, gregoriansk sang og skitne strykere alt satt ihop til et signaturuttrykk. 

I løpet av de siste fem årene har Sara Parkman blitt en av Sveriges mest interessante folkemusikere, med to fullengdere og samarbeid med Fever Ray, bob hund og Silvana Imam under beltet. Med albumet Vesper (2019) har hun for alvor vist veien til framtiden for folkemusikken, og utforsker tro, kulturarv, tungsinn og tanker, mens de vrengte pumpeorglene og korene går og går. Denne unike artistens utvikling har bare så vidt begynt.