Hedningarna | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Hedningarna |
Cover: | Hedningarna (album).jpg |
Released: | 1989 |
Recorded: | February 1989 |
Studio: | Tur-Teatern |
Genre: | Folk |
Label: | NorthSide |
Producer: | Jonas Simonnson, Niklas Billström |
Hedningarna is the eponymous debut album by the Swedish band Hedningarna. It was released in 1989, when Hedningarna was still a group with three members. Unlike the other albums, the debut does not include amplified instruments and rhythm loops and is played entirely with acoustic instrumentation.
Using various instruments, such as hurdy-gurdies, moraharpas, bagpipes and fiddles, the album proves Hedningarnas' ability to mix old and new styles, and the album honors the old Scandinavian musical traditions, while managing to combine these with more modern sounds.
The album was later released on the NorthSide label.