Adjagas

Adjágas

Adjágas

Norwegian joiker band


Adjágas is a band from Sápmi, Norway composed of Sámi joikers, Lawra Somby and Sara Marielle Gaup, as well as a band of musicians. The group's name is a Sámi word describing the mental state experienced between waking and sleeping.

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Adjágas was scheduled to open the 2005 Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage, but due to a flooding incident that caused electrical problems, their set was cancelled. However, they returned in 2007 to open the Pyramid Stage.

Discography

Band members

  • Lawra Somby (vocals/yoik)
  • Sara Marielle Gaup (vocals/yoik)
  • Espen Elverum Jakobsen (guitar)
  • Åsmund Wilter Eriksson (bass)
  • Aleksander Kostopoulos (drums/percussion)
  • Petter Marius Gundersen (horns/banjo)

References

  1. Bitustøyl, Kjell (1 March 2021) [26 November 2012]. "Adjágas". In Knudsen, Jan Sverre (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål).

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