Icelandic Runic Songs

Pilgrims Music 1

Music from https://www.facebook.com/stolavsledenmusic/ performed at the opening seminar of St. Olav Waterway.

Pilgrims Music 2

Music from https://www.facebook.com/stolavsledenmusic/ performed at the opening seminar of St. Olav Waterway.

Fiddler and accordion on Tjut Tjut

Accordian player and cook onboard the Galeas Albanus and Fiddler Gunnar Sundström, skipper of "storbåt" Tjut Tjut play some traditional songs from The Åland Islands and Finland whilst sailing between Kökar and Sottunga. Albanus and Tjut Tjut are both traditional wooden sailing boats. The songs were recorded on a sailing pilgrimage between Finland and Åland Islands 2017.

Icelandic Runic Songs

Three songs sung in Icelandic or Old Norse. The songs are from the time when the old beliefs and gods were giving way to Christianity. Some celebrate the old ways, others the new, it was a time of great upheaval. The songs are preformed by Icelandic musician Sigurboði Grétarsson and are either traditional or traditional lyrical poetry performed to music composed by Sigurboði Grétarsson. These three songs were recorded in Koroinen, the residence of The Bishop of Finland until 1300 and nowadays a cultural centre. Spring 2019.

Footsteps on cold snow

What does the archipelago sound like in the winter? Hear footsteps of a pilgrim on cold snow.