One of Sweden's most idiosyncratic and exciting duos, Långbacka/Bådagård visits Umefolk!
Långbacka/Bådagård are the singers and multi-musicians, Maja Långbacka and Matilda Bådagård. They have been praised for their ability to completely captivate the audience. A concert with the colorful and unique duo is like entering a very special musical universe where genre boundaries are challenged and tradition meets progression. Folk music is wildly mixed with pop in their peculiar, cinematic way. Live, they go from scaled-down, minimalist arrangements on just two violins to epic soundscapes with live electronics, loops and pulse. The duo has created its own genre somewhere in the melting pot of pop, jazz, world music, traditional folk music and film music and constantly strives to develop and refine its sound. Långbacka/Bådagård draws inspiration from the outside world, about how we are affected in times of refugee crises, Me Too, pandemic and climate crisis, but also explores the big, clever questions around parenting, generational ties, spirituality and identity. Yes, in short; roots.