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,...

"Ao Vivo" by Joao Farinha is a work where the musician from Coimbra recreates and renews some of the great classics of Fado from Coimbra, those who have a major place in the Portuguese musical culture. Captured in concerts in 2020 and 2021 in the large auditorium of the Convent of St. Francis in Coimbra, these recreations with modern sound, renewed words and all wrapped in...

Alma Menor is a project by Tiago Marques (Accordion) and Tiago Morais (Bagpipe), two musicians who seek their inspiration in the most varied music of the world, challenging the limits of imagination, often in a surprising and exciting contradiction. The first contact between the accordion of Tiago Marques and the bagpipe of Tiago Morais occurred in the distant year of 2011....

Ruben Monteiro and Carla Costa present 'Kairos', an original artistic work inspired by ancient cultures and spiritualities from Central Asia to the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The main characters in this work are some of the oldest musical instruments of humanity such as the kopuz, the bendir and the ney. These instruments have been used in countless...

Hinter den Interpreten Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström verbirgt sich ein neu gegründetes schwedisch/norwegisches Trio, welches sich an Gitarre, Hardanger Fiddle und Klarinette der nordischen Folk Music verschrieben hat. Von Beginn an fand das Trio eine spannende musikalische Ausdrucksweise mit Elementen aus Improvisationen und kontrapunktartigen Harmoniewechseln. Ihr Debüt trägt den...