Name: Maria's Song
Brand: Sinikka Langeland

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2010-07-05

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Sinikka Langeland

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Sinikka Langeland is a Norwegian vocalist and kantele player. With her unique musical style, she has captivated audiences around the world. Influenced by traditional folk music, Sinikka's performances are characterized by her soulful voice and mesmerizing kantele melodies.

Her music is often compared to other renowned artists such as Jon Balke, Misha Alperin, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Arild Andersen. Sinikka's collaborations with musicians like Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Marilyn Mazur, and Bobo Stenson Trio have further showcased her versatility as an artist.

With a discography that includes acclaimed albums like "The Land That Is Not" and "Starflowers," Sinikka continues to push boundaries in the contemporary folk music scene. Her collaborations with esteemed performers like Eivind Aarset, Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Jacob Young, John Surman, François Couturier, Arve Henriksen, Terje Rypdal, Susanne Abbuehl,Eberhard Weber , Anat Fort Trio,and Thomas Strønen have further enriched her musical journey.

Norwegian folk musician Sinikka Langeland, singer and player of the kantele (the Finnish table harp) is a distinctly non-traditional traditionalist, redefining "folk" in successive projects. 'Maria's Song' finds her in the company of two distinguished classical musicians - organist Kare Nordstoga and "giant of the Nordic viola" Lars Anders Tomter - and on a mission to restore Marian texts to sacred music, weaving folk melodies in between the timeless strains of J S Bach. Langeland made a lot of friends with her sparkling ECM debut Starflowers: "There are jewels everywhere on this arresting example of ego-free music-making. One of the albums of this or any other year" raved the Irish Times. Where Starflowers brought Langeland into the orbit of jazz improvisers, Maria's Song is a meeting and cross referencing of folk and 'classical' energies, and also a righting of historical 'injustice': Religious folk songs are amongst the most distinctive elements of the Norwegian folk tradition, yet the Virgin Mary rarely appears in them. Once a much-worshipped figure in the Far North she was, as Sinikka puts it, "reformed" away in 1537, so this album brings Maria back into the music. It was recorded in the beautiful Nidaros Cathedral of Trondheim, famous for its Baroque organ heard here. Personnel: Sinikka Langeland (voice, kantele), K?re Nordstoga (organ), Lars Anders Tomter (viola)

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