Earth Mother
Three years ago, Amalie Bruun posted a video of herself on YouTube, performing the traditional Nordic folk song, Gammelkäring. It’s an ethereal piece of film. Bruun sings while playing a nyckelharpa – an ancient key harp – on a lakeshore in northern Denmark. The positive reaction took her aback.
“When I saw the response to it worldwide, I realised that maybe it’s not just me who’s interested in this kind of music,” she tells Prog. “I’ve always played folk music, it goes back to my childhood. It’s such a deep universe that you can dive into. There is an endless amount of it, from all different times in our history. And I’m definitely still in the learning process with all that.”
now forms part of , the latest album from Bruun’s alter ego, Myrkur. The Danish singer-songwriter has thrown herself into the realms of Scandinavian folk, balancing traditional tunes with original ones. It’s a brilliantly assured collection, marked by evocative string arrangements, drones and the use of ancestral instruments including the mandola, lyre and, of
