| Nordic Fiddlers Bloc / Deliverance |
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| Album: | Deliverance | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nordic Fiddlers Bloc | Added: | Oct 2016 | |
| Label: | Hearth Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-11-02 | Pull Date: | 2017-01-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 18 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 02, 2017: | Melange Flinken | 4. | Dec 15, 2016: | Melange Djavulspolskan, Flinken | |
| 2. | Jul 13, 2017: | Melange Deliverance | 5. | Dec 14, 2016: | At the Cafe Bohemian Flinken | |
| 3. | Dec 17, 2016: | Music Casserole Flinken | 6. | Nov 24, 2016: | Melange Flinken, Djavulspolskan |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2016-10-25 | ||
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Amazing trio with a Norwegian (Olav), Swedish (Anders), and Shetland (Kevin) fiddler expertly playing authentic Scandinavian fiddles replete with drones and sympathetic strings; the three weave their notes seamlessly presenting a river of sound with many currents and eddies among the strict beats (if you've ever seen Scandinavian folk dance, it moves like clockwork) NO FCC's (all instrumental); Favorite tracks – 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 1-Talons Trip to Thompson Island (3:19) – composed by Kevin; Celtic sound with Nordic drone **2- Flinken (5:47) – polska from 19th century Swedish composer – lovely mournful sliding sound opens delicate dance figures; all Nordic here; fantastic trill-type sound midway *3-Hjalteren (4:16) – lighter and airier than #2; composed by Olav 4- The Hen Hunt (2:44) – hunting for hens after a great storm in Orkney wiped out 250k chickens in 1953 – straight ahead dance rhythm **5-Deliverance (4:46) – starts with pizzicato; composed by Olav to celebrate the end of winter and reappearance of the sun; pretty counterpoint with bow and pizzicato *6-Djavulspolskan (5:00) – starts with trill and goes into rocking beat composed by 19th Century Swedish composer; fast and pretty; then slower with scale progressions; impressive 7 – In the Lounge (4:34) – dedicated to legendary pub by the same name in Shetland; starts with solo fiddle figure; gathers speed; goes in circles a bit 8- Halls Lilla Vals (4:13) – lovely little turning waltz from Swedish fiddler who lived mid-19th to mid-20th century *9-Da Scallowa Losses/Lorna's Reel (3:42) – medley of to Shetland reels; fast; a little wild in the middle 10-Nodaret (4:42) - “The Year of Sorrow” – lower pitched; slightly modal or minor; still moves | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Talons Trip To Thompson Island | 6. | Djavulspolskan | |||
| 2. | Flinken | 7. | In The Lounge | |||
| 3. | Hjalteren | 8. | Halls Lilla Vals | |||
| 4. | The Hen Hunt | 9. | Da Scallowa Losses/Lorna's Reel | |||
| 5. | Deliverance | 10. | Nodaret |