NMU music department to host Swedish folk band
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MARQUETTE -- The Minnesota-based string duo The OK Factor team up with Swedish folk band Jaerv for their "Traditions" tour on Friday, Oct. 20 with a performance presented by Northern Michigan University's Music Department as part of their Siril Concert Series, celebrating the fusion of classical and folk music traditions from America and Sweden.
Frequent collaborators who have toured all over the U.S. and Sweden together, the bands are releasing their first joint album "Traditions," which will only be available at live shows.
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, in NMU's Reynolds Recital Hall.
Olivia Diercks and Karla Colahan, cellist and violinist of the Twin Cities-based, new-classical crossover duo The OK Factor will be performing with the Swedish folk band Jaerv in this special new American classical meets Swedish folk event.
Organic and genuine, the OK Factor's original compositions feel both comfortingly familiar and uniquely fresh, and have been described as "genre-bending" and "pure magic."
The award-winning Swedish quintet Jaerv, present an extroverted, vigorous and heartfelt folk music with influences from both jazz and pop music. The group has created a homogeneous, vivid sound which has established Jaerv on the folk music scene as well as in many other forums.
Together OK Factor and Jaerv make a one-of-a-kind music that that feels brand new and old world at that same time.
More about The OK Factor and Jaerv's "Traditions" tour can be found at https://www.theokfactor.com/tokf-jaerv-tour-dates.
Minnesota-based string duo The OK Factor is pictured with the Swedish folk band Jaerv. The Northern Michigan University Music Department will host the artists' traditions tour. (Photo courtesy of the NMU Music Department)