Sara Parkman

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Sara Parkman’s fourth album—the first since 2022’s Eros Agape Philia—explores the mystical tradition and the work involved in living, and in dealing with life.

The album marks several new steps in Sara Parkman’s musical development—from the passionate and majestic flow of words to a more introspective tone. A recurring theme is the idea of prayer and work, or ora et labora in Latin.

“I want the idea of prayer and work to be a source of comfort, hope, and encouragement in the challenging times we live in. We must continue to work and believe in the common good,” says Sara Parkman.

Since her album debut in 2016, Sara Parkman has pushed the boundaries of what folk music can be. Her albums have been repeatedly praised for weaving together tradition and the future.

Along the way, she has received a number of prestigious awards in Sweden—from Grammis wins to Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Prize—and has sold out tour after tour.

As the figurehead of a movement larger than herself, she has also carved out a unique space for Scandinavian folk music, not least through her involvement in her own record label, Supertraditional.