The Sound Of Sami Music

Air Date:
Heard On The Odyssey Series
Album Cover, Universal I.S.

The Sami are descendants of a group of nomadic peoples who at one point had inhabited what is today parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia – having done so for thousands of years – Yoiking, a form of traditional chanting is by measurement, comparable in timbre to that of some First Nation – Native American – Indigenous traditions.

Episode Credits

  • Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Tom Blain Technical Director

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