# Conversation with Scandinavian folk band Spælimenninir

Spælimenninir is a lively group of six musicians that play traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia. The group's home base is the Faroe Islands, but Spælimenninir is not strictly a Faroese band, neither in personnel nor music. Having played together for over 45 years, the current line-up includes one native Faroese, two Americans and three Danes. This international collaboration has resulted in a varied repertoire, which reflects each member's heritage and illustrates the links between the music traditions of the Scandinavian countries and the United States. In 2023, during their visit to Washington to play in the American Folklife Center's Homegrown Concert Series, three members, each originally from a different country, spoke with Stephen Winick of the Library of Congress.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: American Folklife Center
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661168/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661168?play=1)