Kari Christine Tauring (born July 4, 1966) is an American folk musician, author, and teacher. She sings and writes Nordic folk music of her familial Norwegian heritage. Her career began in the early 1990s in Rose Absolute, a duo with vocalist Gina Sauer, while her first solo studio album, Faith in Me, was released in 1998. Tauring has released five albums, and an extended play.
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Kari is a working völva, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota and traveling widely with workshops and performances. She received a Minnesota State Arts Board Folk and Traditional Arts grant to weave together the runes, stav and ancient dances with the Immigrant Era song and dance traditions preserved in Minnesota. She is the author of The Runes: A Human Journey (2007) and Völva Stav Manual (2010) are available at lulu.com. Her recordings, "Yuletide Celebration" (1999), "Völva Songs" (2008), and "Kari Tauring and Huldre Live at the Capri" (2009) can be found through her website and her newest recording, "Nykken and Bear" (2013), received four broomsticks in the last issue of Witches and Pagans Magazine. She has undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and English a Master of Arts in education and was ordained through the Church of Spiritual Humanism. She is featured in a number of Youtube videos and podcasts and teaches in Minneapolis and abroad.