With STAY Frøkedal picks up the fiddle and re-interprets traditional Norwegian music as pop music. Along with Familien she explores a brighter, more densely populated fjord landscape, where folk-pop hooks and singalong rock melt seamlessly together with melodies and assymetric rhythms inspired by local music traditions.
STAY
is Frøkedal & Familien daring us to believe that happiness may not
be an unfulfilled potential somewhere else – but that it may exist right
here, right now. It is an album portraying love and pain, roots and
community.
STAY will be released on Fysisk Format on June 14th 2024.
Credits:
Frøkedal – vocals, guitars
Olav Christer Rossebø – violins, mandola, langeleik, percussion, vocals
Selma French Bolstad – violins, vocals
Ingeleiv Berstad – violin, vocals
Erlend Ringseth – keys, vocals
Tomas Pettersen – drums
Anders Sundsteigen Hana – guitar on track 3, langeleik on track 5, jaw harp on track 7
Eirik Øien – double bass on track 2
Michael Barrett Donovan – violin on track 1
Written and arranged by Frøkedal
Springdans frå Tøyen as played by Olav Christer Rossebø
Recorded by Bård Ingebrigtsen and Hans Andreas Horntveth Jahnsen
Mixed by Bård Ingebrigtsen
Mastered by Karl Klaseie
Cover art by Andrea Serio
Design by Erlend Ringseth