Magnus Wiik - guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin, fiddle, cello, rhodes, harmonium, Irish flute, double bass, vocals

Trad is the sister album of Rad, and focuses on traditional music in the broadest sense. Nine interpretations spanning from classic old-timey numbers such as The Cuckoo and Wild Bill Jones, tackling Tigran Hamasyan’s Vardavar in a bluegrass-setting, paying tribute to heroes Elliott Smith (by re-imagining his iconic waltz) and Black Sabbath in War Pigs, and with some traditional Irish tunes to boot, the album is a highly personal statement on musical traditions.

In media:

There is a Norwegian version of Béla Fleck, Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice in one person and his name is Magnus Wiik - Leiv Solberg, The Folk Music Hour

Magnus Wiik is one of our times most innovative and genius musical interpreters - Peter Sjöblom, Mono Magazine

What really struck me about this album upon my first listen was the fact that Wiik plays guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, dobro, bass, cello, flute and keys to a very impressive level - Tabitha Benedict, Bluegrass Today

Bluegrass is the springboard for this fantastic multiinstrumentalist, and influences from Bulgarian and Irish folk music as well as a foundation in jazz shines through in a positive way - Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen

There is a lot of gold in both the great melodies and the poetic and brilliant string wizardry - The Folk Music Magazine