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Frigg
Artist: Frigg
Label: NorthSide
Label : Northside - http://www.noside.com
Description:
Acoustic Nordic folk music is advanced by the next generation through Frigg, a new group rich with folk heritage from Finland and Norway. Combining elements of their respective folk traditions with touches of American Appalachian and country & western music, they create an entirely new sound which feels simultaneously innovative and familiar.
The seven-piece band contains three young Järveläs, two sons and a daughter of the most famous fiddle family in Finland, whose fathers and uncles founded JPP, and two Larsen brothers, members of a comparable Norwegian Hardanger fiddle clan. The traditional sounds are then supercharged with innovative arrangements, and combined with mandola, cittern, double bass, guitar and dobro.
This young band has been dazzling festival audiences in Scandinavia and creating a phenomenal buzz among listeners and fellow musicians. This, their debut CD, was co-produced by Finnish folk's everyman, Timo Alakotila.
Acoustic Nordic folk music is advanced by the next generation through Frigg, a new group rich with folk heritage from Finland and Norway. Combining elements of their respective folk traditions with touches of American Appalachian and country & western music, they create an entirely new sound which feels simultaneously innovative and familiar.
The seven-piece band contains three young Järveläs, two sons and a daughter of the most famous fiddle family in Finland, whose fathers and uncles founded JPP, and two Larsen brothers, members of a comparable Norwegian Hardanger fiddle clan. The traditional sounds are then supercharged with innovative arrangements, and combined with mandola, cittern, double bass, guitar and dobro.
This young band has been dazzling festival audiences in Scandinavia and creating a phenomenal buzz among listeners and fellow musicians. This, their debut CD, was co-produced by Finnish folk's everyman, Timo Alakotila.
Reviews
- "...one of the most exciting recordings to come out of the flourishing Nordic folk-music scene in recent memory. Frigg’s virtuosic young musicians infuse their folk-inspired and traditional compositions with powerful energy and inventiveness." -- Sue Thompson, Acoustic Guitar June 2005
- "Sharing a name with the Nordic goddess, Frigg, this septet marries Norwegian Hardanger fiddle with Finnish folk fiddling traditions. Together these musicians weave a tapestry that is heavy on Nordic fiddle and embellished by American bluegrass twang. ...with so much budding musical and composing talent, the next generation of Nordic folk music looks promising." -- World Music Central
Track List:
| 1 | Meltaus | 1:31 | |
| 2 | Särö | 2:11 | |
| 3 | Nuorten miesten speli | 2:46 | |
| 4 | Halling | 2:54 | |
| 5 | Eliaxen speli | 1:47 | |
| 6 | Salmetone | 3:24 | |
| 7 | Antilope island | 2:59 | |
| 8 | a. Takomistanssi / b. Ruunankummi | 3:36 | |
| 9 | Egi | 2:23 | |
| 10 | Ril | 2:06 | MP3 Download |
| 11 | Kotkanpää | 3:30 | |
| 12 | Matts näsi | 3:12 | |
| 13 | Eräänä kauniina päivänä | 4:04 |
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