Horta - Akselsen - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Elias Akselsen, Ola Kvernberg and Stian Carstensen take us on a journey through Norwegian music history. The album’s title, “Horta”, means “authentic” in the language of the Travellers, the Norwegian Romani. Vocalist Elias Akselsen (74) is a member of the oldest generation who knew and can remember the ‘authentic’ life of the Travellers, and is today one of the foremost representatives of the musical heritage of the Norwegian Travellers/Roma. He was born on the road, and learned to play and sing the traditional songs while gathered around the bonfire with his relatives. He has a deep and inborn appreciation of these songs. Two very well-known Norwegian musicians, accordeonist Stian Carstensen and fiddler Ola Kvernberg, join him in raising these old songs to a new level. With the addition of guest artists Anita Kleppe and Sara Wilhelmsen, three voices from three generations of Travellers meet one another. Together they have recorded their unique interpretations of nine Travellers’ songs, some known and some unfamiliar, with the aim of preserving and carrying on the rich, but partly hidden, cultural heritage of the Travellers, and of making it more widely accessible. The musical tradition of the Travellers is vivid and complex, featuring elements from a variety of countries and cultures - from broadside ballads and folk songs, to old Lapland and Russian tundra tunes and Balkan rhythms.

Tracklist

1. Vandringsstaven
2. Burobengen
3. Fant-Sonja
4. Store-Johns Visa
5. Det Var I Fjor Jag Tjena Dreng
6. Se Min Ild
7. I Mange Ar
8. Tva Ma Man Vara
9. Mustalainen

Label: Grappa | Origin: Holland