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Music that marks the migration of people and animals from the lowland farms to the high mountain pastures. Come on up to the sæter!
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This Week's Playlist:
- Kåmmå no, kulokk frå Tolga | Tone Hulbækmo | Chants et danses de Norvege | Norway
- Til fjells, vals | Sigmund Groven | Til Telemark | Norway
- Sætervise etter Peter Jøsvold | Ferdafolk | Knut Ivar Bøe & Ingunn Linge Valdal | Norway
- Dei tre budeiene på Vikefjell, lydarlått av Sjur Helgeland (1858-1924) | Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa | Norske Folkemusikk, Vol. 7: Folkemusikk frå Rogaland og Hordaland | Norway
- Langs med seterveien, reinlender av Jostein Nytrøen | Østerdølenes Spellmannslag | Østerdølenes Spellmannslag | Norway
- Mari-Sigrid låta, setertone | Stian Carstensen | Toner fra Romsdal | Norway
- Et sætersbesøg inkl. Sæterjentens søndag (Visit To A Summer Farm, incl. The Chalet Girl's Sunday, Bakvendt visa) | Arve Tellefsen, violin / Bergen Symphony Orchestra / Karsten Andersen, cond. | Ole Bull: Violin Works | Norway
- Sæterreise | Folque | Vardøger | Norway
- Fjällvråkens flykt, polska | Qwinnen | Qwinnen | Sweden
- Fäbodpsalm av Oskar Lindberg [Gammal Fäbodpsalm] | Merit Hemmingson | Trollskog: Mer svensk folkmusik på beat | Sweden
- Fjellmannjenta, slåttestev | Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag | Tjuvgods (Stolen Goods) | Norway
- Fjelltrall | Lillebjørn Nilsen and Steinar Ofsdal | Live At Sioux Falls, South Dakota! [LIVE] | Norway
The listing order is TUNE NAME | ARTIST | ALBUM | COUNTRY.
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Multe Music is a weekly hour-long audio show / podcast exploring the roots, shoots and fruits of Scandinavian and Nordic traditions. Join Multe Music's host, Ruth Marie, on air or online Fridays at 1 p.m. CT and Mondays at 7 p.m. CT on KYMN Radio. For more information on this great music, check out the Multe Music web site where you can also listen to and/or download other past shows.
As an added treat, here's a new version of the Norwegian traditional song "Å jeg vet en seter (Oh I know a high mountain farm)" — done by the Norwegian children's television show, PlingPlong, in techno/electronic style. I wonder what the cows, sheep and goats would think of this?

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