Adjágas, from Sápmi, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 are Sámi

SAMI

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 joikers

Sami music

In traditional Sami music songs and joiks are important musical expressions. The Sami also use a variety of musical instruments, some unique to the Lapp, some traditional Scandinavian, and some modern introductions....

, Lawra Somby and Sara Marielle Gaup with a band of musicians. The groups name Adjágas is a Sámi word describing the mental state experienced between waking and sleeping.

Adjágas was scheduled to open the 2005 Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...

Pyramid Stage, but due to a flooding incident that caused electrical problems, their set was cancelled. However, they returned in 2007 to open the Pyramid Stage.

Line-up

• Lawra Somby (vocals/yoik)
• Sara Marielle Gaup (vocals/yoik)
• Espen Elverum Jakobsen (guitar)
• Åsmund Wilter Eriksson (bass)
• Ole Morten Isaksen Larsen (drums/percussion)
• Petter Marius Gundersen (horns/banjo)

External links

• Adjágas' new website
• Adjágas' Website
• Adjágas' MySpace page.
• Music Information Center Norway