National Geographic Music (National Geographic)

Ranarim consists of two folk singers from northern and central Sweden, a world champion nyckelharpist (keyed-fiddle) from the southernmost tip of Sweden, and a guitarist from the capital city of Stockholm. This powerful foursome met while in music school in Stockholm. Ranarim began with a tour of northern Norway in 1997 and it whet their appetite.

Their repertoire is taken from the rich treasure of Swedish folk music as a whole, not specializing in any particular region. Rhythmic tunes and peculiar melodies from the Middle Ages that tell exciting stories inspire the group to make music. Some songs are traditional, some newly composed, and together the group develops the final arrangements to create the distinctive sound of Ranarim. -- Courtesy Calabash Music