Nordic Roots Festival: JPP and Sinikka Langeland Trio
Festival favorites include the Finnish stringband JPP, touring in support of their excellent 2006 release Artology (which includes not only their trademark Finnish folkloric fiddle tunes, but also a tribute to swing fiddler Stuff Smith, and a Finnish tango piece)
Jazz and literature also creep into the Festival this year, most notably with the presence of ECM recording artist Sinikka Langeland and her trio. Singer/kantele-playing Sinikka will be highlighting works from her ECM debut Starflowers, which features her settings of the nature poems of Norwegian Hans Børli (1918--89)--a woodcutter by day, and incredibly prolific poet by night. Sounds as cool and crystalline as a mountain stream coursing through Børli's beloved forest.
"Cool, stark and baleful in tone… creates a mood that is timeless and mysterious, yet distinctively modern--redolent of Joni Mitchell at her jazziest or Björk at her oddest." (Mark Hudson, Telegraph, on Sinikka's Starflowers)
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JPP Järvelän pikkupelimannit (“Little Folk Musicians of Järvelä”) formed in 1982 in the fiddling capital of Finland (and perhaps the world), Kaustinen. Born from the fiddling tradition of the Järvelä family, in Järvelä village in Kaustinen, JPP’s musical...
