About this episode
How does a Swedish percussionist raised on Balkan music end up as a vodou queen in Ghana? That is a question Kristina Aspeqvist is more than happy to answer, in a free-flowing way. Our enthralling conversation of her professional and spiritual journey felt sometimes like jazz, sometimes like folk, sometimes transcendent. Just like her music. KRISTINA ASPEQVIST LINKS http://www.rythmworks.se https://stockholmvodouorchestra.com https://www.musikcentrumost.se/artist/nioki-beats PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodún Ewe people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people?variant=zh-cn Davul drum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davul Conga drum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conga Grammis Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammis KVAST https://kvast.org Feirefiz https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feirefiz Parsifal/Percival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival Ray Lema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lema Ray Lema and the Bulgarian Voices https://www.allmusic.com/album/bulgarian-voices-mw0001008398 Tom Sawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sawyer Aurelia Dey https://www.aureliadey.com Keta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keta Bengt Berger https://www.instagram.com/bengtberger/ Brekete drum http://www.rythmworks.se/Produkt-filer/brekete.html Lise-Lotte Norelius https://www.lise-lottenorelius.se Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Haitian revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution Tibetan Buddhism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism Odin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Frigg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg Kakelugn/Masonry heater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater Santería https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santería Fowl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowl Balafon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balafon The White Goddess by Robert Graves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Goddess The Pig episode of In the Borderlands https://www.intheborderlands.com/2021/12/21/christmas-yuletide-special-the-pig-4/ Asante people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asante_people Tiamat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat Kunda people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunda_people Ifá https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifá Diakon/Deacon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon Mami Wata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists I Ching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching Cowrie-shell divination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowrie-shell_divination Accra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra Greta Lindholm https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Lindholm Birgit Åkesson https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Åkesson Sufism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism