Nordic Medieval ballads by the mighty lake Vättern

12 September, 2023 — Leave a comment

Played with vocal and melodica support of folk singer Annika Hammer by mighty lake Vättern at the first international festival of medieval ballads and vocal tradition in Sweden Fattig Punkt Elak / Poor dot Wicked. Four days of concerts, workshops and lectures that kicked of this year in Sweden entertaining international guests and singers and is to held in different hosting countries.

Singing the medieval ballad Silibrand with the one crowd in the world that will spontaneously and earnestly join in the chorus. Magic. I was also especially excited and happy to share the evenings programme with a reunited Folk och Rackare, the seminal Swedish folk rock legends and of course heroes of mine.  #balladfestivalenpåborghamnstrand #fattigpunktelak #annikahammer

4 January, 2023 — Leave a comment

Tre Sultna Mågar förlänas titeln Årets Folkrock 2022 i Lira Musikmagasins genomgång av skivåret.

Tre Sultna Mågar is Folk Rock Album of the Year 2022 according to Swedish roots music magazine Lira.

Translation of the review by Timo Kangas under reviews in drop down menu.

FOLK ROCK OF THE YEAR

Björn Gardner: Tre sultna mågar

The difference between folk pop and folk rock may seem negligable, but lies in the attitude and the phrasing. A comparison illustrating this difference could be the light acoustic Kolonien, to the deep electric – Björn Gardner. His second album is a passionate, ambitious journey leaving visible trails to 70´s Swedish prog band Träd gräs och stenar, but also to British Folk Rock and Swedish medieval ballads. Encompassing both the heavy psychedelic – and the intimately frail.

Skivorna som gjorde Lira-året 2022: svensk folk- och rootsmusik

Featured in 2022 Summer playlist in Swedish folk, jazz and roots magazine Lira

26 August, 2022 — Leave a comment

Quote (Freely translated from Swedish):

“Deep and richly layered folk rock served by singer Björn Gardner, thus emerging on the Swedish folk music scene. The album is in essence a pandemic influenced project, which in some ways is hard to believe, fusing overdubs by correspondance through a prolonged creative process. Finally it emerged a winding psychedelic adventure flying us through Brittish folk revival, traditional folk song, medieval balladry and contemporary folk rock with fellow musicians such as Moussa Fadera (The Amazing), Mikael Marin (Väsen) and folk harmonica player Erland Westerström.”

LINK TO POST ON LIRA MAGAZINE SITE (Click Image):

Gäst i Sångarpodden Avsnitt 55: Björn Gardner Folkrockaren

25 August, 2022 — 1 Comment

Featured on Swedish podcast Sångarpodden

Foto: Milja Rossi

Ett samtal med Christina Bendz inspelat i Studio One Stockholm.

Vi pratar om Tre Sultna Mågar, folkrock både som tradition och som föränderligt idiom i sin egen rätt, Dylan, folk singers, mikrotonalitet, Ingebjørg Liestøl, Rotvälta, Telemark, Ozzy, likriktande digitala verktyg, frigörande dålig inspelningsteknik, post-covid och hur Vickes Johan Perssons andliga visa Två vita duvor, relaterar till Black Sabbaths Sabotage.