How should we really relate to time, which inexorably rushes forward and leaves deep traces in all of us? From the youth's longing expectation, through disappointment and sadness, to - at best - reorientation and hope for the future. With the album Tid, singer, pianist and composer Nina Akerblom Nielsen wants to touch the listener with songs from all walks of life, as well...

In the sound of the guitar and in the poetry of the voices, together, again, in unison, pointing the future, once and again, clearing new paths. Fado Cruzado points the way. It brings Lisbon and Coimbra together in a new and daring project. It narrows the bonds and bridges the gap to what Portugal has and do best in the musical culture of a people that still and always...

Toasaves is a new generation of musicians who work with the rich folk repertoire of Wannes van de Velde. The group brings together artists with different backgrounds and travels along old music (trecento, Flemish polyphony, Sephardic music) and Eastern music (Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan). On their first album Zwerver, Toasaves starts from the compositions and the Groot...

Soveles, bestehend aus den Sängerinnen Esther Wratschko und Isabel Frey, haben sich einem besonderen, intimen Genre verschrieben: dem jiddischen Volkslied. Sie kreiieren mit eindringlichen A-Cappella-Arrangements, teils ergänzt von Lili Weinhandls Cello, einen neuen Sound für ein altes Genre. Mit einem tiefen Verständnis für die Tradition und den Kontext des jiddischen...

The obstinate and willful singer songwriter and folk rock artist Murre Eriksson from the deep spruce forests in Smaland, Sweden, brings the listeners on an emotional rollercoaster. Her lyrics are artful and her melodies adapt to happiness and grief, big life changes and the tiny every day moments. Murre grew up in the little village of Torsas, 40 km west of Vaxjo. On her...

The obstinate and willful singer songwriter and folk rock artist Murre Eriksson from the deep spruce forests in Smaland, Sweden, brings the listeners on an emotional rollercoaster. Her lyrics are artful and her melodies adapt to happiness and grief, big life changes and the tiny every day moments. Murre grew up in the little village of Torsas, 40 km west of Vaxjo. On her...

Debutants Ljus Och Lykta (meaning "Light and lantern") is a breath of fresh air on the Swedish music scene. In terms of genre, they mainly reside in the borderland between folk music and the ballad tradition, and have great potential to reach a wider audience. A versatile musical experience where love songs are mixed with chorales and medieval ballads, all virtuosically...

Maria Mohn has a clear and beautiful voice with great expressive power. Her new album offers great dynamic range, with playful and catchy songs and captivating meditative power. Recording the album in Fredrikstad Cathedral has given the music depth and clarity. As arranger, pianist and organist, Maria Mohn has been joined by Dagfinn Klausen. On bass and vocals you hear...

The music from the folk music trio Vrang is delicate and powerful, carefully groomed and feral, with elements from the east, west and north of the globe. It is astounding how a trio with lyre, fiddle, harding fiddle and vocals manages to pull the listener with it to such heights and depths, surprises, idylls and drama with so few and basic instruments. On their new album,...