![]() The compositions featured on the album are beautiful, the recording feels spontaneous and fresh, and the music successfully combines the stark rhythmic style of Värmland with uplifting and melodic Irish music influences. In a home live recording session, Eva gathered for a weekend some of the best of Sweden's folk, jazz and blues musicians: Stefan Ekedahl on cello, Nina Perez and Ulf Johnson on fiddles, Bert Deivert and Mattias Perez on guitars, Christy O'Leary on low whistle and Fredrik Lindholm on percussion. "Tunes from the backyard" is Eva's first album, and what a cracker of an album it is. Steeped in her Värmland traditions, Eva's tunes have a strong melodic influence from Irish traditional music. Swedish fiddler Eva Deivert has been known for a while amongst folk musicians in Sweden, Scotland and Ireland for her wonderful and imaginative compositions. This debut album sounds fresh, positive and youthful, and should stand out on its own merits - no real need to mention the family connections with two of Ireland's best known singers - Aoife's mother is no other than Frances Black and her aunt is Mary Black. The musical accompaniment features guitars, bouzouki, fiddle, piano. ![]() The remainder of songs are by contemporary songwriters and show a good hand of choosing songs. Her own songs are very well crafted, with the first two tracks on the album, both written by Aiofe, being immediately convincing: "All along the wild Atlantic way", her love letter to the West of Ireland through the voice of an Irish woman who had spent her last 60 years in Canada,and "we know where we stand", reflecting on Irish identity. The album offers a great selection of self penned and other songs. Stylistically she successfully bridges Irish trad, contemporary singer songwriter and Pop. This Irish singer stands out for her beautiful crystal clear warm vocals. A very different album with its very unique stamp. Arja Kastinen, on her fifth solo album, improvises on a range of kanteles and experiments with the unique room acoustics - with its 20 (!) seconds reverberation. Yet the album is as much about the location where it was recorded - the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, a barrel vaulted room with no windows and extraordinary acoustics. This album is all about the kantele, Finland's national instrument. Just go and get the album and see this great band live! Top notch music of one of the greatest bands that has come out of the English scene in recent times. Yeat's "Hosting of the Sidhe" or Irish poets Stephen Muldoon's "Nothing grows"). "Banks of the Newfoundland" or "Huntley town") and poetry arranged to music (e.g. The selection of songs is exquisite and offers new and unusual interpretations of well known traditionals (e.g. Featuring violin and guitar played by James Gavin, uillean pipes by Dominic Henderson and piano accordion by Tommy Black-Roff who is also lead singer, the three are ace players, blowing fresh wind into traditional tunes and their own compositions which are inspired by Irish, Scottish English and Cornish traditions. So I am delighted to present their powerful debut album "Far from the tree" here in Folk World. ![]() I experienced this young London based trio this August in a beautiful concert at the wonderful "Folk at the Froize" in Suffolk, and was impressed by their virtuosity and originality.
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