Maxida märak
Tidigare i våras uppträdde Maxida Märak samt bandet Johnossi i SVT-programmet ”På spåret”. Iklädd kolt sjöng denna den stenhårda låten ”Killing in the name” från det kaliforniska rockbandet Rage against the Machine. Energinivån gick ifrån småsömnig fredagsunderhållning till en uppträdande vilket verkade artikel på liv och död. ”Vilken mashup”, ropade ett tagen Kristian Luuk då Maxida satt sista tonen.
Maxida Märak
Ålder: 35 år.
Familj: Dottern NikeSunna, 12 år.
Bor: Hus i Jokkmokk.
Yrke: Sångerska, låtskrivare, producent, människorättsaktivist.
Aktuell: Med nya albumet ”Anekdot”. Spelar vid flera festivaler, däribland Kalix sommarkalas samt Herrljungafestivalen, inom sommar.
Maxida Märak slog igenom med sin egensinniga blandning av rap, jojk samt pop på grund av ungefär en decennium sedan. Sedan dess har denna gått samt blivit folklig och både sommarpratat, tolkat Arvingarnas ”Eloise” i ”Så mycket bättre”, medverkat inom ”Jills veranda” och uppträtt i mellanakten i Melodifestivalen.
– Min grej är nog att existera totalt okuvad och kontroversiell, men samtidigt folklig. flera i min bransch klankar ner vid det likt är folkligt, men jag menar för att det existerar där man finne
Sami artist Maxida Märak
Reviews
Swedish bluegrass? YES! And who’d’ve thunk it! Maxida Marak, a member of the indigenous Sami people of Sweden, has joined with Downhill Bluegrass Band to create an album inspired by mining interests ripping up pieces of the Sapmi (Lapland) area. And what a sweet and memorable album it is!
The thirteen songs include two originals each by Maxida and Downhill’s Jonas Kjellgren. Swedish writers Jan-Olov Johnsson and Jacob Knapp are tapped for one song each. They also offer Gordon Lightfoot’s “Home form the Forest,” The Waterboys’ “Fisherman Blues” and right on point Darrell Scott’s “You’ll Never leave Harlan Alive” with a new verse Maxida wrote. Also dead on point and offered both in Swedish and English is Steve Earle’s “The Mountain.” The traditional “Darling Corey” also appears in both English and Swedish versions.
The love of the music and the passion the band and Maxida bring to the project is the album’s core. All clearly poured their hearts into it. Downhill clearly understands bluegrass and they play splendidly.
This album came to me out of deep in left field, and I am delighted it found me.
— Michael Tearson
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Maxida Märak
Musical artist
Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September ) is a Swedish-Sámi joik singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the Sámi people. She has taken part in protests against the establishment of an iron ore mine in Kallak.[1][2] In , she recorded the album Mountain Songs and other Stories along with the bluegrass band Downhill Bluegrass band.[3]
Also in , she took part in the SVT show Sápmi Sessions along with Aki and King Fari Band.[4] In Sveriges Radio's radio theater Dagbok från Gallok she can be heard as an actress and also the producer of the music.[5] Along with her sister Mimie Märak she toured with the concert Under Asfalten ett Fjäll.[6] In , she sang the World Cup song "Love Last Forever" along with music group Mando Diao for the skiing world cup.[7]
She starred in the film Glada hälsningar från Missångerträsk by Martina Haag, and she has also toured with Giron sámi teáhter.[8]
Märak presented an episode of Sveriges Radio's show Sommar i P1 on 30 July [9]
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