Inside Wardruna & Skuggsja | The Modern Day Viking Band Documentary

Einar Selvik is the founder of Wardruna: a world-renowned project that makes music like no other - based around the ideas and instruments of the Vikings and ancient Norse. "A tree without nourishment will rot at its roots, and a tree without roots will fall," says Wardruna founder Einar Selvik, pulling up his collar against the cold Oslo breeze. "These roots are important to us as human beings. When you build your national identity upon lies and what is written by the victors, you build on baseless grounds." When it comes to exploring one's history, the music of Wardruna works to dig up the roots and hold them up to your face to show where you've come from, and what's missing in the present - based around the ideas and instruments of the Vikings and ancient Norse. Full article below https://www.gigwise.com/features/1059...