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Marja Mortensson

Marja Mortensson Cosmopolite 2019 (191814)
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About the artist

Marja Mortensson (born Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson) is a South Saami yoiker and singer from Svahken Sïjte reindeer herding district (in Hedmark County, Norway). She was awarded the 2013 Hedmark County Culture Award, and was crowned “Young Artist of the Year” at the international indigenous festival Riddu Riđđu, in 2014. In 2019 she got a Spellemann (the Norwegian Grammy Award) in the folk music category for her second album Mojhtestasse - Cultural Heirlooms.

Top songs

  1. Raajroen aalkove - The Migration Begins
  2. Kruanavaajja - The Green Valley
  3. Skearkaminie - Suddenly I See
  4. Maana mov - My Child
  5. Bïegke jarkele - The Wind Is Turning
  6. Rudtjen tjuvdie - Styggen på Ryggen (fra De neste)
  7. Piere Åvla - Piere Åvla’s Yoik
  8. Sïlpelibjh - Silver Drops
  9. Stuora várrie - The Great Northern Mountain
  10. Johtelohke - The Migratory Route
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  1. Eagnede fropmehkem - A Storm is Rising
  2. Gubpede böötim - Where Did I Come From
  3. Vuelieh sjaavoejin - When the Yoiks Grew Silent
  4. Miesiej Vuelie - The Reindeer Calves (Acapella)
  5. Gaavalahke – The One Chosen to Lead the Herd
  6. Delvieh - To Regain Visibility
  7. Aarehgïjre - Early Spring
  8. Vaajmah jïh seala - To hjerter og en sjel (fra De neste)
  9. Svahken vuelie - The Mountain of Svahke
  10. Lååje - Dawn
  11. Båalmaldahkesne – Entwined
  12. Tjájhnie - The Woodpecker
  13. Dehtie baeleste - The Passing of Time
  14. Meesshreagkah - Rings of Brass
  15. Vaaneneminie - Slowly Fading Away
  16. Mojhtesh - Memories
  17. Årrode våårege - Be Cautious
  18. Biejjeste beajjan - From One Day to the Next
  19. Onne lim - When I Was Young
  20. Daniel Mortenson
  21. Mehkanihks saernieh - Technical News
  22. Aevjie - Pastures of Yore
  23. Raajroe - The Reindeer Caravan
  24. Riäksage - The Ptarmigan
  25. Orresje - A Place to Live
  26. Jielemh tjöödtjestieh - Lives on Hold
  27. Tjïelve - Billowing Waves
  28. Mejjesne - Beaming with Joy
  29. Birkoj - The Mountain of Björkfjället
  30. Johan A. Persson
  31. Gie manne - Who Am I
  32. Here We Are (fra De neste)
  33. Galkije johke - Running Water
  34. Slibnjehke - The Newborn Reindeer Calf
  35. Boeltaajja - The Sacred Grandfather
  36. Njoktje - The Swan
  37. Vaartije - Cairn
  38. Aaltoen vaaje - The Sorrow of the Reindeer Mother
  39. Ielieh Åjáldahttieh (Don't Forget) [feat. Niilas] [Radio Edit]
  40. Mojhtestasse - Cultural Heirlooms
  41. Ih goh - Why Are You So Silent
  42. Vaajese - A Tale
  43. Dïereske dajve - Impassable Terrain
  44. Aajmeste - From the Snow Storm
  45. Nïekedassine
  46. Saltien alda muw - My Reindeer Cow
  47. Jahtijem - City Boy (fra De Neste)
  48. Såajtalieh – Soaring
  49. Skotjke
  50. Mov gieriesvoetine - Fordi eg elskar deg (fra De Neste)
  51. Miesiej Vuelie - The Reindeer Calves - Arranged
  52. Miesiej vuelie - The Reindeer Calves (a capella)
  53. You Know So Well (fra De neste)
  54. Miesiej vuelie - The Reindeer Calves (arranged version)
  55. Ielieh Åjáldahttieh - Don't Forget (feat. Niilas)
  56. Riddu Riđđu
  57. Gubpede böötim
  58. Piere Åvla
  59. Mojhtestasse
  60. Ielieh åjáldahttieh - Don’t forget - Radio Edit
  61. Eagnede fropmehkem
  62. The Mountain of Svahke
  63. Årrode våårege
  64. Lååje
  65. Orresje
  66. Miesiej Vuelie - The Reindeer Calves
  67. Svahken vuelie
  68. Interview
  69. Vaajese
  70. The Rheindeer Calves
  71. Svahken Vuelie - The Mountain Of Svahkes
  72. Miesiej Vuelie (Live on WFMU)
  73. Aarehgïjre
  74. Ume River Yoik (Live on WFMU)
  75. Galkije johke
  76. Tjájhnie
  77. Mojhtesh
  78. Kruanavaajja - The Green Valley (feat. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Daniel Herskedal & Jakop Janssønn)
  79. Johtelohke - The Migratory Route (feat. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Daniel Herskedal & Jakop Janssønn)
  80. Vaaneneminie - Slowly Fading Away (feat. Jakop Janssønn & Daniel Herskedal)
  81. Miesiej Vuelie ( A Capella)
  82. Vaartije
  83. Saltien alda muw
  84. Vuelieh sjaavoejin - When the Yoiks Grew Silent (feat. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Daniel Herskedal & Jakop Janssønn)
  85. The Migratory Route
  86. Biejjeste beajjan
  87. Kruanavaajja (The Green Valley)
  88. Båalmaldahkesne – Entwined (feat. Daniel Herskedal)
  89. Silpelibjh (Silver Drops)
  90. Bïegke jarkele - The Wind Is Turning (feat. Jakop Janssønn & Daniel Herskedal)

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