Erlend Viken, Ellen Andrea Wang, Maija Kauhanen & Marius Graff
Release Date: 28 February 2020
Label: Heilo
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7033662073511
Genres: World Music Scandinavian
Description
Fiddle player Erlend Viken has composed a striking and personal work celebrating the Norwegian winter, performed together with a group of well know Norwegian musicians from varied genres.
Norwegian Grammy's Award winner Frida Annevik has contributed with two texts, performed by Ellen Andrea Wang and Marius Graff. Erlend is one of Norway's most merited folk musicians and is known from his successful trio Erlend Viken Trio, where he has shown his urge to take the folk music out of the box and a strong interest for exploration. "Sastrugi" underlines the drive to take the exploration further. He describes the winter´s different phases, from the calm to strongly rhythmical, where the folk music's distinctive features are mixed with the fellow musician's background in jazz and pop.
Erlend has brought some of his favourite musicians to the table. Ellen Andrea Wang (Gurls, Ellen Andrea Wang Trio, Manu Katche, Sting) on vocals also contributes with the song "Fjord" on the album. The outstanding Finnish musician Maija Kauhanen travels around the world with her one woman-orchestra, she contributes with the song "Is". Also in the band are Marius Graff (Telegram, Marit Larsen, Lillebjorn Nilsen) and Erland Dahlen (Madrugada, Odd Nordstoga, Hanne Hukkelberg, Nils Petter Molvaer). Producer is singer and Hardanger fiddle player Tuva Syvertsen (Valkyrien Allstars).
Tracklisting
Hoven Droven
Ferd
Lillebjorn Nilsen & Andy Irvine
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
String Sisters
Gjermund Larsen Trio
Thomas Eriksson, Helga Myhr, Anna Malmstrom
Vegar Vardal & Asmund Reistad
