Freight & Salvage Presents: Mari Boine

Norwegian singer/songwriter/activist Mari Boine returns to the U.S. in support of her latest release See The Woman.

Almost 30 years have passed since Mari Boine swept music lovers around the globe off their feet. First with her astonishing solo album “Gula Gula” which was released internationally on Peter Gabriel’s famous RealWorld label. For “Gula Gula” Mari received the first of her four “Spellemannsprisen” (commonly referred to as Norway’s Grammy Award). With her exotic voice informed by the long time oppressed shaman culture of the Norwegian Sami, an indigenous people often compared to Native Americans, and her almost trance like folk music, Mari Boine created together with sámi guitarist Roger Ludvigsen (member of Ivnniguin, the first rock band to sing in Sami language), a sound universe of her own.