Photo Alice Hedström
About
There’s nothing standard about RÅ.
With the combination of saxophone, clarinet and violin, paired with a hunger for innovation and exploration, RÅ has created a sound that stands out from the crowd. Traditional Swedish fiddle music is playfully fused together with EDM-inspired bouncing basslines, heavy metal-influenced riffs, free improvisation and jazz harmonies. This makes for a take on Swedish folk music like you’ve never heard it before. The Swedish/Danish band are on a mission to challenge and diversify the way traditional Swedish folk is played. RÅ is trad maximized.
”it’s unlike any take on the past you’ve heard” - Roots Magazine 2021
RÅ released their debut album MASSIV in 2021, which was dubbed ”Newcomer of the year” by LIRA magazine and received critical acclaim from Swedish national radio, Roots Magazine, Folkworld and many more. RÅ has played on numerous stages in Sweden, Denmark and Germany such as Urkult festival, Malmö Folk, Norrköpings Folkmusikfestival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, FolkBALTICA in Flensburg and Folkmusikkaféet Allegården.
RÅ is:
CHRISTINE TILBY - violins (DK)
ANNA FRYKSTAM - clarinets (SWE)
CECILIA MOORE - saxophones (SWE)
Tour dates
Upcoming shows
12 june Örgryte kyrka, Gothenburg (SWE)
29 june Kållered Kyrka Gothenburg, (SWE)
24 july Korröfestivalen, Tingsryd (SWE)
24 october VätterFolk Jönköping (SWE)
PAST SHOWS
2026
Stallet (SWE)
UmeFolk (SWE)
Umeå Stadskyrka (SWE)
Annedalskyrkan (SWE)
Folkklubb, Musikens hus (SWE)
2025
Nordic Nights, Malmö (SWE)
2024
Delsbostämman (Bönhuset) Delsbo, SWE
SPOT Festival (Roots&Hybrid), Aarhus (DK)
Östgötastämman, Söderköping (SWE)
Folklandia, Kapellskär/Turku (FIN)
2023
Malmö Folk Festival, Kuben, Malmö (SWE)
Tour in collaboration with RFoD:
FaluFolk, Falun
Klubb SAM, Östersund
Bönhuset, Delsbo
Tornhuset, Sundsvall
Gamla Apoteket, Upplands Väsby
Väven Öppna Fojé, Umeå
Folk & Världsmusikgalan, Skellefteå
Eric Sahlström Institutet, Tobo
Kvinnojouren Ellinor & Tjejjouren Beata, Linköping (SWE)
2022
FOLKAMOK, Copenhagen (DK)
Gothenburg Folk Festival, Gothenburg (SWE)
Urkult, Näsåker (SWE)
World Sessions, Gothenburg (SWE)
2021
Norrköpings Folkmusikfestival, Norrköping (SWE)
Barresøgård, Farum (DK)
Malmö Folk, Malmö (SWE)
2020
Kålltorp Kan, Gothenburg (SWE)
Allégården, Gothenburg (SWE)
2019
Frilagret, Gothenburg (SWE)
folkBALTICA - showcase at Folk in Blüten, Flensburg (DE)
Folk & Fæstival - showcase at Katapult, Esbjerg (DK)
2018
Barresøgård, Farum (DK)
Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
Skurupsfestivalen, Skurup (SWE)
Far i Hatten, Malmö (SWE)
Contact
We are available for concerts, music for dancing and workshops
Mail: ra.folkband@gmail.com
Tel SWE: +46709 79 39 51
Tel DK: +4525 53 00 64
