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Mari Boine
Person · female · Norway · Karasjok Municipality · born 1956 · recording since 1985
Northern Sámi singer from Norway (born 1956)
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Also known as Mari Boine & Band · Mari Boine Band · Mari Boine Persen · Marie Boine · マリ・ボイネ
Timeline
32 events✦ Award 16▣ Album 14◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Jaskatvuođa Maŋŋá (Etter Stillheten)
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography780 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379220003
Biography
Mari Boine (born Mari Brit Randi Boine; 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College.
Biography
Mari Boine was born and raised in Gámehisnjárga, a village on the river Anarjohka in Karasjok Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.
Boine's parents were Sámi who made their living from salmon fishing and farming. She grew up steeped in the natural environment of Sápmi, but also amidst the strict Laestadian Christian movement with discrimination against her people: for example, singing in the traditional Sami joik style was considered "the devil's work". The local school Boine attended reflected a very different world from her family's. All the teaching was in Norwegian.
Anti-racism
As Boine grew up, she started to rebel against the prejudiced attitude of being an inferior "Lappish" woman in Norwegian society. For instance, the booklet accompanying the CD Leahkastin (Unfolding) is illustrated with photographs with racist captions like "Lapps report for anthropological measurement", "Typical female Lapp", "A well-nourished Lapp"; and it ends with a photo of Boine herself as a girl, captioned "Mari, one of the rugged Lapp-girl types" and attributed "(Photo: Unidentified priest)".
When Boine's album Gula Gula, originally released on her Iđut label in 1989, was rereleased on Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label in July 1990, its front cover showed an iconic image of the tundra of the far north, the eye of a snowy owl. The front cover, unlike the 1989 version, did not show the name of the album, or the name or face of Mari Boine herself; the back cover printed the name 'Mari Boine Persen', the Persen surname identifying her as a Norwegian rather than a Sámi. On the 2007 release on her own Lean label, the album cover explicitly names Mari Boine with her Sámi surname, and shows her in traditional robes as a shamanistic dancer of her own people, while the white background, like the snowy owl of the original release, hints at the snows of the north.
Boine was asked to perform at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, but refused because she perceived the invitation as an attempt to bring a token minority to the ceremonies.
Musical style
Boine's songs are strongly rooted in her experience of being in a despised minority. For example, the song "Oppskrift for Herrefolk" ("Recipe for a Master Race") on her breakthrough CD Gula Gula, sung in Norwegian unlike the rest of the songs which are in Northern Sámi, speaks directly of "discrimination and hate", and recommends ways of oppressing a minority: "Use bible and booze and bayonet"; "Use articles of law against ancient rights".
Boine's other songs are more positive, often singing of the beauty and wildness of Sápmi, the Sámi lands of northern Scandinavia. The title track of Gula Gula asks the listener to remember "that the earth is our mother".
Boine sings in an adaptation of traditional Sámi style, using the "joik" voice, with a range of accompanying instruments and percussion from indigenous traditions from around the world. For example, on Gula Gula the instruments used include drum, guitar, electric bass clarinet, dozo n'koni, gangan, udu, darbuka, tambourine, seed rattles, cymbal, clarinet, piano, frame drum, saz, drone drum, hammered dulcimer, bouzouki, overtone flute, bells, bass, quena, charango and antara.
In 2017, she released See the Woman, her first English-language album.
Reception
Rootsworld, interviewing Boine in 2002, described her as "an unofficial Sámi cultural ambassador".
The Guardian, in its 2010 F&M playlist of songs "they just can't turn off", describes "Mu Ustit, Eŋgeliid Sogalaš (My Friend of Angel Tribe)" with the words "Norwegian Sami singer Boine, with this soft, melancholy and utterly mesmerising song."
Johnny Loftus, reviewing Boine's Eight Seasons/Gávcci Jahkejuogu, wrote that "Boine seems to have been inspired, collaborating with producer Bugge Wesseltoft for a collection of pieces weaving her alternately supple and intimate, angry and otherworldly vocals into moody arrangements tinged with jazz influence and electronic programming." While there was a degree of cliché in that, wrote Loftus, it worked well, concluding: "Boine's voice, filtered at first behind the halting notes of a guitar, builds in strength over the brooding electronic rhythm, until her Joik overtakes the electronics completely, becoming fully responsible for the song's deep, chilly atmosphere. Let's see a keyboard's hard drive do that."
Memberships
Boine is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Also appears on
One World One Voice (Virgin, 1990)
A Week in the Real World – Part 1 (Real World, 1991)
A Week or Two in the Real World (Real World, 1994)
Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (Nascente, 2011)
Nordic Woman (Grappa Music/Fuuse Mousiqi, 2012)
With Jan Garbarek
Twelve Moons (ECM, 1992)
Visible World (ECM, 1995)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 25 | 88.9th |
| Studio albums | 14 | 94th |
| Awards recorded | 17 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 32 | 97.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 39 | 79.2th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (25 release groups · 14 studio albums)
Albums · 14
Jaskatvuođa Maŋŋá (Etter Stillheten)
1985 · studio album
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A1Alla hearra guhkkin Oslos4:18A2Oktavuohta3:59A3Čeavlas galbma garvvuid sis(te)4:10A4Mearrasapmelažžii3:04A5Sii navccahuhttet mu2:52B1Idja lea mannan3:53B2Anuheapmi2:51B3Koffor e det så stille4:15B4Na darvanii jahkku3:19B5Oainnat go mo čuvggoda dal3:371986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 41:25
1Stállu4:472Unna viellja2:483Vielppis1:134Áddjá gohkke máli1:595Várjjatvuotna1:426Mearralottit2:097Haŋŋá1:098Vihtta jagi2:149Guovža1:1110Eadni vuohttu máná1:4511Áhkku sávzzat3:0412Muzetčuoivvat1:4913Go mun čuoigalan meahccái4:1714Stuorrajávri1:3115Čáhceloddi1:4116Čalbmi, čalbmi, njunni, njálbmi1:0817Gievdneguoika1:3718Meahccesihkkelat1:0319Biigá2:5520Nohkkadan lávlla1:23Gula Gula: Hør stammødrenes stemme
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:19
1Gula Gula3:452Vilges suola4:133Balu badjel go vuoittán4:064Du lahka5:235It šat duolmma mu3:566Eadnán bákti3:257Oppskrift for herrefolk3:568Duinne6:351991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:24
1Nærmere deg min Gud4:242Far verden, far vel5:473Mu váibmu vádjol doppe (Mitt hjerte alltid vanker)5:054Lær meg å kjenne dine veie5:175Boade, Vuoigna, don gii attát (Ånd fra himmelen)3:506Blott en dag4:387Dan dauorra, vilges joavkku (Den store hvite flokk)3:058Klippe, du som brast for meg (Bákti don gii luoddanit)2:439Sorgen og gleden de vandre tilhope (Moras ja illu johtiba ovddas)3:5010O, bli hos meg (Oru mu lahtte, eahket lahkan juo)6:1011Vuoinnadan báiki liekkuslas4:3412Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (Mun dovddan ovtta vistti mii lea cábbát cinahuvvon)4:011993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:36
1Čuvges vuovttat, duođalaš čalmbi3:582Sámi eatnan duoddarat9:003Modjás Kátrin7:274Dás áiggun čuožžut5:315Dolgesuorbmagežiiguin5:426Skádja8:397Goaskinviellja4:108Ráhkesvuođain5:039Mu áhkku5:3410Ále ále don1:321994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 59:05
1Gumppet holvot6:292Ále šat1:233Čuovgi liekkas5:054Áhččái6:065Maid áiggot muinna eallin6:546Mielahisvuohta4:587Gilvve gollát5:078Gulan du4:359Vuolgge mu mielde bassivárrái6:5110Mun da han lean oaivámuš4:3711Dá lean mun7:001996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:09
1Eagle Brother4:082No More1:233Radiant Warmth5:054Reverberation8:305Hair of Light, Solemn Eye3:546Katrin Who Smiles7:247Lunacy Lunacy4:598Sow Your Gold5:099Hearing You4:3710Come With Me to the Sacred Mountain6:5511Feather the World5:0012Grandma5:3313Don't Go...Not You1:322001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:30
1Dás Áiggun Cuozzut7:522Песня Лесорубов5:483Korridorsangen6:294Сестра моя Ночь5:035Возле твоей любви4:586Одиночество–сестрица3:447Roahkkadit Rohtte Luodi, Mánázan6:588Баллада о горе4:38Eight Seasons (Gávcci Jahkejuogu)
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:03:03
1Boađan Nuppi Bealde (I Come from the Other Side)5:372Song for the Unborn (Reagákeahtes)6:343Sáráhka Viina (Sáráhka's Wine)4:394Guovssahasaid Ájagáttis (By the Source of Aurora B)6:005Sielu Dálkkas (Soul Medicine)5:066Mu Váibmu Vádjul Doppe (Hymn)4:247Butterfly (Beaivelottáš)4:208Liegga Gokčas Sis' (In a Blanket of Warmth)5:459It Dieđe (You Never Know)4:4010Duottar Rássi (Tundra Flower)4:3011Silba Várjala (Let Silver Protect)7:5412Bottoža Dáhtun (Give Me a Break)3:34Idjagieđas - In the Hand of the Night
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:19
1Vuoi vuoi mu / Vuoi vuoi mu4:502Idjagieđas / In the Hand of the Night5:443Suoivva / The Shadow6:044Gos bat munno čiŋat leat? / Where Did All Our Colours Go?6:215Mu ustit, eŋgeliid sogalaš / My Friend of Angel Tribe3:306Davvi bávttiin / On the Fells of the North6:487Lottáš / Little Bird0:448Diamántta spáillit / Reindeer of Diamond5:309Geasuha / Irresistible4:2110Áfruvvá / The Mermaid4:2011Uldda nieida / Uldda Girl5:2812Fápmodálkkas / Fápmodálkkas4:39Čuovgga Áirras (Sterna Paradisea)
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:18
1Lene Májjá4:182Ipmiliin hálešteapmi (Conversation With God)4:433Soagŋosilbbat (Courting Jewellery)3:484Soria Moria Palássa (Soria Moria Palace)3:205Čuovgga áirras (Sterna Paradisea)2:466Claudiinna lávlla (Claudine's Song)5:357Skealbma (The Mischievous)5:258Iđitveiggodettin (Dawn)3:339De mana, ráhkásan (For My Daughter)6:0510Lihkahusat (Entranced)5:3611Go idja nuossala (When Night Is Almost Done)3:092017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:37
1Today Starts Now5:162Chasing Myself Into Reality6:133See the Woman4:534Some Say I Got Devil6:465Happily Ever After5:3362-4-6-7-8-9 in One5:037Yes4:208Teepee Room5:319This Is My Heart5:2410Twin Soul4:1611Adine & Isak4:0712Crowded Streets of Blue7:152023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1Amame jávkat / So We Don’t Fade2Alit alihastá aliha / Blue Shines the Blue3Don oidnet mu sielu / You Saw My Soul4Elle5Čiņadan gahpiriin / My Head Holds High the Horned Hat6Eadnán bákti / To Woman7If Tomorrow’s Mine8Mihá / I Stand Tall9Jearrat biekkas / To Ask the Wind10Leat go don dies / Will You Be There11Mu oappá niegus / In My Sister’s Dream2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:41
1Die dien luohkkái5:162Dánsso Fal Mu Váhkaran5:043Olamuttos letne ain6:324Oidnojuvvon4:435Mu eadni4:186Várjalivččet min vuolláneames4:447Mieđušteapmi4:158Anárjoh’gáttis5:009Oainnestan6:2510Vuoi beaivi don eallima addi5:3811Áhkánsuolu5:2712Rohkos5:4213Lean dás4:37
Album · 7
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | EallinSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:10:121Mielahisvuohta6:17 2Dás áiggun čuožžut / Orbina8:06 3Gula Gula6:23 4Modjás Katrin10:52 5Eco2:19 6Skádja8:33 7Vuolgge mu mielde bassivárrái10:53 8It šat duolmma mu9:20 9Dutjne7:29 | Live | 1 November 1996 | |
| 2001 | Remixed - Ođđa HámisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:06:301Gula Gula (Chilluminati mix)4:49 2Cuovgi Liekkas (Jah Wobble remix II)5:24 3Gulan Du (Those Norwegians mix)6:35 4Álddagasat Ipmilat (Biosphere's Hanging Valley mix)5:40 5Ále Ále Don (Melodius Mood mix by Mark de Clive-Lowe)6:32 6Maid Áiggot Muinna Eallin (Bill Laswell mix)6:47 7Gulan Du (Nils Petter Molvær & Jan Bang remix)6:58 8Mun Da Han Lean Oaivámuš (Phono remix)6:56 9Vuolgge Mu Mielde Bassivárrái (Roger Ludvigsen, Fred Ellingsen & Thomas Sonnenberg remix)7:52 10Áhccái (mix by Future Prophecies)8:57 | Remix | 5 November 2001 | |
| 2002 | London Jazz Festival 2002Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:39:47Disc 1 1Track 016:57 2Track 028:00 3Track 037:04 4Track 0410:36 5Track 058:08 6Track 064:50 Disc 21Track 011:07 2Track 0210:59 3Track 035:22 4Track 046:20 5Track 056:44 6Track 065:38 7Track 072:24 8Track 088:44 9Track 096:54 | Live | 15 November 2002 | |
| 2008 | It Ain't Necessarily Evil: Mari Boine Remixed, Volume IISearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 58:191Elle (Mungolian Jetset remix version)3:59 2Gos Bat Munno Čiŋat Leat (Syntax Erik remix)6:07 3Davvi Bávttiin (Kohib remix)8:56 4Boađan Nuppi Bealde (120 Days remix)5:27 5Voui Voui Mu (Schwarz remix)6:53 6It Ain't Necessarily Evil (Mungolian Jet Set remix)10:22 7Čiŋat (The Knife remix)6:34 8Souivva (Mental Overdrive remix)6:48 9Elle3:13 | Remix | 2008 | |
| 2011 | Áiggi Askkis: An Introduction to Mari BoineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 31 tracks · 2:37:34Disc 1 1Elle3:12 2Vuoi Vuoi Me4:50 3Claudina Lávlla / Claudina’s Song5:32 4Lene Májjá4:15 5Ipmiliin Háleasteapmi / Conversation With God4:41 6Skealbma / The Mischievous5:23 7Gula Gula3:43 8In the Hand of the Night5:44 9Reindeer of Diamond4:01 10Mearrasapmelazzii3:00 11Mu Váibmu Vádjul Doppe / Hymn4:23 12Sáráhka Viina4:40 13On Fells of the North6:47 14Vuolgge Mu Mielde Bassivarrai6:54 15Dolgesuorbmageziiguin5:38 16Ale Ale Don1:33 17Trilobihta Lávlla/ Song From a Trilobite4:13 Disc 21Boadan Nuppi Bealde5:37 2Geotenn Ar Marv5:58 3Goaskinviellja4:08 4Elle (Mungolian remix)3:58 5Gula Gula (Chilluminati Mix)4:48 6Mun da Han Lean Oaivámus (Phono remix)6:54 7In the Hand of the Night / It Ain’t Necessarily Evil (Mungolian Jet Set remix)10:20 8Oarbbis Leat5:30 9Gula Sámi3:54 10Goaskinviellja (live)8:20 11Dutjne (live)7:31 12Beaiveldttás4:21 13Rosalita4:25 14Soria Moria Pálassa/Soria Moria Palace (live from Oslo Opera)3:21 | Compilation | March 2011 | |
| 2013 | Gilve gollát: Sow Your GoldSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:121Trilobihta lávlla (Song from a trilobite)4:10 2Gula gula (Hear the Voices of the Foremothers)6:07 3Goaskinviellja (Eaglebrother)6:58 4Dutnje (To You)6:55 5Jearrat biekkas (To Ask the Wind)6:56 6Boadan nuppi bealde (I Come from the Other Side)6:10 7Butterfly (Beaivelottáš)4:59 8Elle5:53 9Mu váibmu vádjul doppe (Hymn)5:04 10Gilvve gollát (Sow your gold)5:08 11Alla Hearrá guhkkin Osllos (Hey, Mr. Almighty Down There in Oslo)4:52 | Live | 1 January 2013 | |
| 2019 | 5 Original AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 52 tracks · 4:57:51Disc 1 1Čuvges vuovttat, duođalaš čalmbi3:58 2Sámi eatnan duoddarat9:00 3Modjás Kátrin7:27 4Dás áiggun čuožžut5:31 5Dolgesuorbmagežiiguin5:42 6Skádja8:39 7Goaskinviellja4:10 8Ráhkesvuođain5:03 9Mu áhkku5:34 10Ále ále don1:32 Disc 21Gumppet holvot6:29 2Ále šat1:23 3Čuovgi liekkas5:05 4Áhččái6:06 5Maid áiggot muinna eallin6:54 6Mielahisvuohta4:58 7Gilvve gollát5:07 8Gulan du4:35 9Vuolgge mu mielde bassivárrái6:51 10Mun da han lean oaivámuš4:37 11Dá lean mun7:00 Disc 31Mielahisvuohta6:17 2Dás áiggun čuožžut / Orbina8:06 3Gula Gula6:23 4Modjás Katrin10:52 5Eco2:19 6Skádja8:33 7Vuolgge mu mielde bassivárrái10:53 8It šat duolmma mu9:20 9Dutjne7:29 Disc 41Boađan Nuppi Bealde (I Come from the Other Side)5:37 2Song for the Unborn (Reagákeahtes)6:34 3Sáráhka Viina (Sáráhka's Wine)4:39 4Guovssahasaid Ájagáttis (By the Source of Aurora B)6:00 5Sielu Dálkkas (Soul Medicine)5:06 6Mu Váibmu Vádjul Doppe (Hymn)4:24 7Butterfly (Beaivelottáš)4:20 8Liegga Gokčas Sis' (In a Blanket of Warmth)5:45 9It Dieđe (You Never Know)4:40 10Duottar Rássi (Tundra Flower)4:30 11Silba Várjala (Let Silver Protect)7:54 12Bottoža Dáhtun (Give Me a Break)3:34 Disc 51Eallin (Life)6:14 2Beaivvi nieida (Daughter of Sun)5:08 3Risten5:12 4Eagle man / Changing woman (Girdi olmmái / Geaidi nissun)5:41 5Álddagasat ipmilat (Gods of Nature)6:25 6Oarjjabeal beaivvi ja mánu (West of Moon and Sun)5:19 7Mu váhkar Lásse (My Youngest)3:30 8Alit go buot várit (Higher Than All Mountains)1:26 9Don it galgan (Thou Shalt Not)5:12 10Etno Jenny (Ethno Jenny)4:48 | Compilation | 2019 |
Single · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz remix) / The Shadow (Kohib remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAVuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz remix) BThe Shadow (Kohib remix) | Remix | 15 January 2007 | |
| 2024 | Bottoža dáhtunSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:221Bottoža dáhtun3:22 | 16 February 2024 | ||
| 2024 | I love youSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:351I love you2:35 | 16 February 2024 | ||
| 2024 | Lean dásSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:351Lean dás4:35 | 9 August 2024 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mari Boine head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 25 | 88.9th |
| Studio albums | 14 | 94th |
| Awards recorded | 17 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 32 | 97.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 39 | 79.2th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Spellemann Award open category | won | |
| 1991 | Finnmark County Culture Prize | won | |
| 1992 | Ole Vig-prisen | won | |
| 1992 | Saami Council's Honorary Award | won | |
| 1993 | Spellemann Award open category | won | |
| 1993 | Áillohaš Music Award | won | |
| 1994 | Bridgebuilder Prize | won | |
| 1994 | Nordlysprisen | won | |
| 1996 | Spellemann Award open category | won | |
| 2000 | Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav | won | |
| 2002 | Pillarguri prize | won | |
| 2003 | Nordic Council Music Prize | won | |
| 2007 | Årets budeie | won | |
| 2008 | Amanda Award for Best Score | won | |
| 2009 | Arts Council Norway Honorary Award | won | |
| 2017 | Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen | won | |
| — | honorary doctor of the University of Tromso | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mari Boine Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
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Wikidata: Q464191 · MusicBrainz: 01a21615-7fdf-4fa5-afbd-dbc58c766977
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