Strength and Power from Music: Rita Ericksen and "Villemann og Magnhild"

Our random tune for today is a collaboration between Scandinavia and Celtic Ireland. The song is called Villemann og Magnhild, and it is performed by Norwegian singer Rita Eriksen who began her career with her brother, guitarist and singer Frank Eriksen, as a roots/folk/country/blues group called Eriksen. However, she has had her own solo career as well. She went on a 10 year hiatus from recording, but came roaring back in 2008 and again in 2014. Millemann og Magnhild can be found on her 1996 album Tideland, jointly recorded with singer Dolores Keane, a founding member of the Irish group De Danaan. It can also be heard on the various artists compilation Putumayo Presents: Dublin to Dakar - A Celtic Odyssey (1999). The song is a mediaeval Norwegian tune about a wild man who played a harp to release a woman from the arms of a troll.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Eriksen