Stambordet
Crossing the North Sea to join us in Orkney is Stambordet – an acoustic Norweigan band that fuses their local tunes and songs with new musical concepts and compositions, resulting in an altogether modern Scandinavian, yet bluegrass-tinged, sound.
Using the age-old traditions of their native Bjerkeim as a starting point, Stambordet have placed their own stamp on material to shape it to their own unique sound. In some places they add to the traditional material, in others they simply extract a phrase or pattern and work with it – either way creating new, traditional, Norwegian material. As well as drawing from their rich heritage, all five members are keen composers, and so the group has also built up an impressive repertoire of self-penned tunes and songs.
Originally a trio of guitar, bass and banjo, the threesome soon expanded to its current line-up of five members, including vocals, fiddle and acoustic and resonator guitars.
Stambordet attended the Orkney Folk Festival last year as visitors (sailing from Norway in their own boat, we should add!), and provided us with some fantastic informal performances. It’s only right, then, that we should have them back this year as a billed act, so that many more folk can hear them over the weekend.
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