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 01. "Amazon" 02. "The Clock Is Ticking" 03. "Intertwined" 04. "Prince Purple" 05. "A Silver Spoon" 06. "Mr. Snaky" 07. "Strangled Stranger" 08. "Unit 1"
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| Description: | Annbjorg Lien launched her professional career at a very young age. Recording for the first time at the age of 12,
she was only 15 when she appeared on a nationally broadcast television show on Norwegian National Television.
She has worked along musicians from over the world; long time running collaborations include the famous
fiddlers Natalie MacMaster (Canada), Liz Carroll (US), Catriona MacDonald (Shetland Islands) in the band String
Sisters, her band-mates of Bukkene Bruse and renowned old-time fiddler Bruce Molsky (US). She has toured
around the globe and appeared on more than 100 recordings.
Annbjorg Lien has been an immerse figure on the musical scene in Norway and internationally for decades. Few
have done as much for Norwegian traditional music as Annbjorg, an ambassador and innovator of traditional
music, she holds the highest esteem in every musical corner of the world.
In 2019, Annbjorg finished her doctorate in Hardanger fiddle playing at the University in Agder, and this album is
the result of her work - to do what Annbjorg Lien does best: renewing the traditional music, all with a deep
respect for what became before her. Annbjorg’s process of composing new material in response to traditional
identities in Hardanger fiddle music captures a transformation that may resemble the two faces of “Janus” -
linking the past to the future.
“Janus captures the act of simultaneously looking backward and forward, evoking doorways which can symbolize
endings and new beginnings in a musical exploration process” - Annbjorg Lien.
This album is inspired by a revisit to the Norwegian folk music tradition in Setesdal. In 2020 she became the
project leader for UNESCO Setesdal. It explores signature characteristics in Hardanger fiddle music and how these
can serve as tools when composing new tunes. Musical characteristics often involve signature instrumental
qualities or capacities and can, in turn, influence how the music itself is organized. - Digipack |
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