Frifot is a Swedish
folk music
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trio which was formed in 1987. Its members are
Lena Willemark,
Per Gudmundson and
Ale Möller. When it was first formed, the group called themselves ''Möller, Willemark & Gudmundson''; the name ''Frifot'', literally ''footloose'', comes from the lyrics of one of the songs they play. Over the years, the trio's members have also had solo careers and performed with other groups, but Frifot has never ceased to exist as a group. Their fifth full-length CD was released in October 2007.
The trio has toured in a number of countries including Poland, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United States and India, as well as the
Nordic countries
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.
Their third tour of the United States, in 2000, included a performance on the radio show ''
A Prairie Home Companion
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''.
Their CD ''Sluring'' received the
Grammis
The Grammis (sometimes referred to as the Swedish Grammy Awards) are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in t ...
award for the best folk music album of 2003.
Members
* Lena Willemark, vocals, violin, wooden flute
* Per Gudmundson, violin,
Swedish bagpipes
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, vocals
* Ale Möller,
mandola
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,
droneflute,
wooden flute,
shawm
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,
harmonic
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,
low whistle
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,
willow flute
The willow flute, also known as sallow flute (, or ''sälgpipa'', or ''pajupilli'', , ), is a Nordic folk flute, or whistle, consisting of a simple tube with a transverse fipple mouthpiece and no finger holes. The mouthpiece is typically cons ...
,
hammered dulcimer
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,
folkharp, vocals
Discography
* ''Frifot'', 1991 (as Möller, Willemark & Gudmundson)
* ''Järven'', 1996
* ''Frifot'', 1999
* ''Summer Song'', 1999 (compilation album)
* ''Sluring'', 2003
* ''Flyt'', 2007
References
Swedish folk music groups
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