Talende strenger / Kertovat Kielet, by Knudsen & Syrjälä

Talende strenger / Kertovat Kielet

by Knudsen & Syrjälä

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1.	Jarand Skinnarland 04:15	buy track
2.	Melkutus & Pajatus 05:20	buy track
3.	Eg er liten & Hiljanen suru 06:22	buy track
4.	Rahapolska 03:05	buy track
5.	Paimenlaulu 06:21	buy track
6.	Halling 03:37	buy track
7.	Matts Näsi 02:59	buy track
8.	Rykalintu 06:00	buy track

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After meeting and jamming at the Nordtrad conference, Ragnhild Knudsen (Norway) and Pauliina Syrjälä (Finland) formed their duo in 2015.
The musicians were immediately inspired by the unique soundscape of the Norwegian hardingfele (Hardanger fiddle) and the Finnish kantele together, with the rich and shimmering layer of overtones.
Through musical encounters and hours of exploration, Ragnhild and Pauliina have created their own musical duo world based on friendship, interaction and improvisation, but also an interesting combination of elements emerging from Finnish and Norwegian folk music traditions.

We have been talking with each other, for hours and hours. In between, we have played and made music, with many strings. The strings of our instruments have been talking to each other and to us. Through this ongoing dialogue we have created our musical landscape. As folk musicians, our music has its roots in traditions. In this case, the traditions are geographically quite widespread, between Norwegian mountains in the west, to the Karelian woods and lakes in the east.

You are most welcome to enter our musical world!

Ragnhild & Pauliina

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released October 26, 2023

Ragnhild Knudsen - Hardanger fiddle
Pauliina Syrjälä - kantele

All tunes trad/arr Knudsen/Syrjälä, "Melkutus & Pajatus" also contains compositions by Knudsen/Syrjälä.

Recorded January 2023 in Kallio-Kuninkala
Recording engineer: Taito Hoffrén
Producer: Tellef Kvifte
Mastering engineer: Tor Magne Hallibakken
Cover: Per Brehmer

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