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West of Eden is a folk rock band from

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was formed in

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by spouses Jenny and

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after they returned from a trip to Dublin, where they fell in love with Celtic folk music. They are the lead vocalists and main songwriters. Martin also plays multiple instruments, produces the albums and arranges and conducts

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sections. The band has released thirteen studio

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to date. Their repertoire consists mainly of original songs with influences from Irish and

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folk music. The sound is characterised by mostly acoustic instruments like

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and

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. After initially being more oriented towards

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, they now fall under the genre of

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. In addition to Sweden, they have toured

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, the Netherlands and

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. All lyrics are in English, with the exception of the songs on the 2021 album ''Taube'', which is

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. The album contains interpretations of songs written by

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(1890 – 1976), whom is a legend in Sweden and also hails from Gothenburg. Throughout the years, many "Guests of Eden" have appeared on the albums. Notable names are (alphabetically)

Ron Block Ronald Franklin Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music ...

Duncan Chisholm Duncan Chisholm (born 31 October 1968) is a Scottish fiddle player and composer. He has released seven solo albums as a solo artist. His studio album, '' Affric'', released in 2012, was longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. ...

Steph Geremia Steph Geremia is an Irish- American flute player and singer who lives in Galway, Ireland. Career Steph Geremia was born in an Italian/Irish neighborhood in New York. There she learned to play the Irish flute and first came into contact wit ...

Jarlath Henderson Jarlath Henderson (born 1986) is a Northern Irish folk musician. He is best known as an Uilleann piper and singer but also plays the guitar and flute. He was the youngest winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2003. Through his career, h ...

Filip Jers Filip Jers (born November 7, 1986, in south of Sweden) is a Swedish harmonica player and composer. Filip Jers gained recognition after winning the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen (2005). He received the 2003 Musik Direkt jazzprize, 2003 ...

Christian Kjellvander Christian Kjellvander (born May 13, 1976) is a Swedish singer-songwriter.
, Music Eldorado, February 27, 2007

John McCusker John McCusker (born 15 May 1973) is a Scottish folk musician, record producer, and composer. McCusker was a member of the Battlefield Band in the 1990s and worked as a band member and producer for folk singer Kate Rusby. He has produced and ...

Michael McGoldrick Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, in Manchester, England) is a folk musician who plays Irish flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle and bodhran. He also plays other instruments such as acoustic guitar, cittern, and mandolin. Bands McG ...

Damien O'Kane Damien O'Kane (born 1 September 1978) is an Irish musician, born in Coleraine, County Londonderry. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife, the folk musician Kate Rusby, and their two daughters. Career O'Kane graduated from Newcastle University ...

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, Heidi Talbot, but also former or future band members David Ekh, Øyvind Eriksen and Pär Öjerot appeared as a guest. In 2018, the band covered

Timo Räisänen Timo Räisänen (born 25 July 1979) is a Swedish musician. He has been part of Håkan Hellström's band, and has also played in the band Her Majesty. In 2004, he started his solo career. Räisänen was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His mother was ...

s ''Eld & Aceton'', translated into English by Jenny Schaub as ''Hope, Faith, Theft'' and performed the song with him in 2019. Each year West of Eden perform Christmas concerts called Celtic Christmas. Sometimes other artists join the band, like Duncan Chisholm, Triona Marshall (touring member of

The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...

) or Heidi Talbot.

Current band members

*Jenny Schaub: lead and backing

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*Martin Schaub: lead and backing vocals,

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cittern The cittern or cithren ( Fr. ''cistre'', It. ''cetra'', Ger. ''Cister,'' Sp. ''cistro, cedra, cítola'') is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is d ...

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, accordion and

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*Ola Karlevo:

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and

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bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A Goatskin (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...

and backing vocals (since the beginning) *Lars Broman:

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and backing vocals (since 2009) *Martin Deubler Holmlund:

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and backing vocals (since 2013) *Henning Sernhede:

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and

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s, mandolin (since 2016)

Former members

*Lars Borg: bass *Lars Broman: fiddle, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals *Lars Dahlström: bass *Tobias Edvardson:

, backing vocals *David Ekh: electric and acoustic guitars,

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*Øyvind Eriksen: bass *Kenneth Holmström: bass *Pär Öjerot: acoustic guitar, mandolin,

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, backing vocals *Martin Rydman: guitar,

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Discography

Studio albums

*''West of Eden'' (1997) *''Rollercoaster'' (2001) *''A Stupid Thing to Do'' (2003) *''Four'' (2006) *''The West of Eden Travelogue'' (2009) *''Safe Crossing'' (2012) *''Songs from Twisting River'' (2014) *''Look to the West'' (2016) *''Another Celtic Christmas'' (2016) *''Flat Earth Society'' (2019) *''Taube'' (2021) *''Next Stop Christmas'' (2022) *''Whitechapel'' (2024)

Live recording

*''A Celtic Christmas'', featuring Róisín Dempsey, Haga motettkör and Valentina Lorenz Cammans (2009)

Compilation album

*''No Time Like The Past'' (2017)

EPs

*''The

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Tribute'' (2002) *''Cabin Songs'' (2020)

Singles

*''High Ground'', taken from ''West of Eden'' (1997) *''The One'', taken from ''Rollercoaster'' (2001) *''(I Still Remember) How to Forget'', taken from ''Rollercoaster'' (2001) *''Finders Keepers'', taken from ''A Stupid Thing to Do'' (2003) *''And The Snow Fell'' (2007) *''Glenntown'' (2015) *''Old Miss Partridge'' (featuring Heidi Talbot &

), taken from ''Flat Earth Society'' (2019) *''Silly Old Beggars'' (2020) *''Everywhere'' (

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cover), taken from ''Cabin Songs'' (2020) *''Så skimrande var aldrig havet'', taken from ''Taube'' (2021) *''Så länge skutan kan gå'', taken from ''Taube'' (2021) *''Mudlarking'', taken from ''Whitechapel'' (2024) *''Catch Me When You Can, Mr. Lusk'', taken from ''Whitechapel'' (2024) *''The Ten Bells'', taken from ''Whitechapel'' (2024)

Jenny & Martin Schaub studio album

*''Kite High'' (2004)

Martin Schaub studio album

*''Leaving the Circus'' (2008)

Martin Schaub EP

*''Pop City'' (2021)

Jenny & Martin Schaub musical

In 2021, Gothenburg celebrated its 400th anniversary. Martin and Jenny Schaub created a musical, called ''Silverhjärtats hemlighet'' ('The Secret of the Silver Heart'), that depicts the city's history and is set in three eras: the 16th century, 1916 and the present day. It featured

, Maia Hirasawa, José Gonzalez and the

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.http://www.schaubmusic.com/

References

External links

*
Martin Schaubs website
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