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Malmin: Med Åshild Vetrhus review | Jude Rogers's folk album of the month
Anders Hana, Olva Christer Rossebø and Åshild Vetrhus take inspiration from Norway’s rugged Rogaland in these tracks sourced from early-to-mid 20th century recordings
Malmin: Med Åshild VetrhusMalmin, a duo of experimental musician Anders Hana and folk-rock and cajun-pop instrumentalist Olav Christer Rossebø, write in their album’s liner notes of the Rogaland elders whose performance style inspired them, and how “their hunt to resonate with the depth of the human soul spared no means”. On the opening medley, she sounds plain, punchy and perfect; on Grønn Står Skogen (The Forest Is Green), a sense of yearning swells along with her breaths; on the last two tracks, both based on religious texts, she’s humble and heartfelt. Jim Ghedi ’s Wasteland (Basin Rock) is a full-throttle concept album of traditional songs, ballads and originals soundtracking a narrative of dystopian collapse, but the swaggering sonics often distract from the storytelling.
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