FIA FORSLUND
Forslund - Lindholm
The Jazz Folk Fusion duo Forslund - Lindholm plays music like you’ve never heard it before! The repertoar is written, improvised or arranged for their unique instrument combination of marimba and saxophone, which has become the duo's unique signature.
Forslund - Lindholm consists of marimbist Fia Forslund and saxophonist Erika Lindholm. As two musicians experienced in many genres they met through the love of Brazilian music, which has created the basis of the groups jazz-folk fusion. Fia and Erika met by chance in Rio de Janeiro when they both lived in the city to study Brazilian music in 2015. Four years later, their duo was formed and despite some challenging first years with the pandemic, they have developed a completely new sound on the Swedish Jazz and World Music scene.
In recent years, Forslund-Lindholm has played at festivals, jazz clubs, in churches, schools and at all kinds of cultural events. They have collaborated with the Swedish poet Bob Hansson, the London-based poet Nada Menzalji and the Brazilian-Swedish duo Fred Warnby (SE) & João Felippe (BR) in the acclaimed quartet project Neva Neve, with support from, among others, the The Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Region Örebro.
Neva Neve
Finally we can now see a collaboration between two brilliant duo constellations influenced by brazilian music. Amazing instrument combination and innovative arrangements mixed with brilliant improvisations. They do a really deep dive into the brazilian music culture, playing Tico tico and Aldeia de Ogum but also tuuches the swedish folk tradition by playing Uti vår hage or Visa från Utanmyra.
In the summer of 2022, the duo Forslund - Lindholm (SE) and the duo Fred Warnby (SE) & Joao Felippe (BR) met on a jazz club stage in Örebro. They did their first tour together 2023. At some point in life they have all studied brazilian music in Rio de Janeiro, which is how they grow their genuine interest in brazilian music culture. Since 2019, Forslund/Lindholm has developed a unique sound with challenging arrangements for saxophone, flute and marimba with repertoire from Brazil and Erika's own brazilian-influenced compositions. At the same time,Fred och Joao have worked with traditional swedish songs and brazilian songs based on brazilian arrangements on percussion and cavaquinho with great inspiration from, among others artists like Gilberto Gil.
NEVA NEVE
Cavaquinho - João Felippe (BR)
Marimba - Fia Forlsund (SE)
Percussion - Fred Warnby (SE)
Saxophone - Erika Lindholm (SE)
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