Agnes Buen Garnås
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Agnes Buen Garnås is a Norwegian
folk singer from the county of Telemark
. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondalen, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
on the ECM album Rosensfole.
From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the Telemark University College
.
Other family members who are well-known as traditional musicians include her brothers, Hauk Buen and Knut Buen, and her son Per Anders Buen Garnås.
With Jan Garbarek
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...
folk singer from the county of Telemark
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...
. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondalen, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
on the ECM album Rosensfole.
From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the Telemark University College
Telemark University College
Telemark University College is the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College has about 5000 students. It is split between four different locations. The campuses are located in Bø, Notodden, Porsgrunn and Rauland.-Hierarchy:The university college is organised into four...
.
Other family members who are well-known as traditional musicians include her brothers, Hauk Buen and Knut Buen, and her son Per Anders Buen Garnås.
Discography
- Det spelar og syng i familien Buen, 1975
- Når klokkune gjeve dur, 1976, 2002
- Folk Music of Norway, 1977
- Nordafjølls, 1983
- På gamle tufter, with Sondre Bratland, Kåre Nordstoga, Guttorm *Guttormsen, Knut Buen, Halvor Håkanes, Warren Carlstrøm and Finn *Kvalem, 1985
- Jul med Rupesekken, 1985
- Stem våre understrenger, with Knut Buens, 1988
- Draumkvedet, with Inger Lise Ulsrud and Knut Buen, 1989
- Tusseliten og Trippeliti, with Finn Kvalem, Guttorm Guttormsen, Knut Buen and Olav Snortheim, 1989
- Rosensfole, with Jan Garbarek, 1989
- Høgdepunkt frå Landskappleiken, 1994
- Med blanke ark, 1994
- Attersyn, with Knut Buen, 1995
- Stev og slått, with Knut Buen, 1996
- Det syng, with Anne Marit Jacobsen, Halvor Håkanes, Eli Storbekken and *Sinikka Langeland, 1997
- Langt inn i hugheimen, with Knut Buen, 1997
- Ljos og skugge, with Knut Buen, 1998
- Soltreet, 2002
- Han rider den mørke natt, 2002
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Twelve MoonsTwelve MoonsTwelve Moons is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.-Track listing:# "Twelve Moons" - 7:35# "Psalm" - 6:33...
(ECM, 1992)
External links
- Agnes Buen Garnås official site
- Agnes Buen Garnås page (English)
- Agnes Buen Garnås page (Norwegian)
- Agnes Buen Garnås video (click on "Norway," then select Buen Garnås' video from the list]