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- Artist: Frifot
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- Release Date: April 22, 1997
- Total Time: 64:23
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Folk
Review
Jarven, the new project from Swedish folk masters Lena Willemark and Ale Möller, picks up right where their last offering, 1994's Nordan, ended. The prolific duo have brought on fiddler/bagpiper Per Gudmundson, renamed themselves Frifot, and created a masterful collection of neo-traditional folk that rivals anything in their storied careers. Frifot are peerless interpreters of the genre, but what makes them so indispensable are their innate abilities as multi-instrumentalists and composers. Möller, a master of every instrument he can get his hands on, spends much of his time on the Octave mandola accompanying the two fiddlers. However, when he picks up the overtone flute -- "Gammal och Unghalling (Young and Old)" -- or the harmonica -- "Svarteborgaren (The Svarteborg Tune)" -- he is revealed as a fiercely singular force of nature, and Willemark, with her acrobatic fiddling and otherworldly voice, comes off like a creature from Scandinavian myth. As trios go, one could not do any better than these three virtuosos, who manage to electrify their acoustic instruments with a passion that is normally reserved for a live performance. Jarven is, like all of their previous recordings, highly recommended. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Oxen Och Magen (The Ox and the Son-In-Law) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:55) |
| Gyrissviten (The Gyris Suite) | Traditional | Frifot | (4:15) |
| Klosterpolskan (The Monastery Polska) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:29) |
| Stiennur | Frifot | (1:28) | |
| Järven (The Glutton) | Ale Möller | Frifot | (2:24) |
| O, Fader Wise (O, Father Wise) | Traditional | Frifot | (1:38) |
| Ack Makten Stor/Köpmanpolskan (O Power Great/Kopman's Polska) | Traditional | Frifot | (5:41) |
| Dar | Frifot | (2:29) | |
| Bingsjösvit (Bingsjo Suite) | Traditional | Frifot | (5:52) |
| Vismelodi på Sälgpipa (Melody on the Willow Flute) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:15) |
| Vispolka Efter Anders Lust (Song Polska After Anders Lust) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:37) |
| I Denna Ljuva Sommartid (In This Lovely Summertime) | Traditional | Frifot | (4:29) |
| Kannor och Krus (Jugs and Jars) | Traditional | Frifot | (:36) |
| Sommarvals (Summer Waltz) | Ale Möller | Frifot | (2:40) |
| Gammal och Unghalling (Young and Old) | Ale Möller, Traditional | Frifot | (4:16) |
| Mikaelidagen (Michaelmas) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:00) |
| Andras-Låten (A Time for the Second One) | Ale Möller | Frifot | (2:41) |
| Blank Anders-Polska (Blank Anders' Polska) | Traditional | Frifot | (3:09) |
| Svarteborgaren (The Svarteborg Tune) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:40) |
| Bjursvisan (The Bjurs Song) | Traditional | Frifot | (1:25) |
| Lyckans Ballad (The Ballad of Fortne) | Traditional | Frifot | (2:57) |
| Femton Finnar (Fifteen Finns) | Traditional | Frifot | (3:27) |
