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"The Auvo Quartet comprises four highly accomplished musicians;
Newcastle-based Julian Sutton and Tom Oakes, and Helsinki 's Roope
Aarnio and Suvi Oskala. This is their first CD, and it is
outstandingly musical. As you'd expect from a collaboration between
English and Finnish performers, there's a fine blending of musical
traditions. Both Sutton and Oakes seem to bring their earlier
influences with them û from Ireland , France and England ; also from
their previous work, and all of this shows in the sheer expressiveness
of their melodeon and flute/bansuri playing. I know little about
Oskala (fiddle/viola/voice) or Aarnio (guitar/other stringed
instruments & concertina) other than from the evidence of this
excellent album, but I can only imagine that their musical backgrounds
are very diverse, for they seem to bring with them a very modern
approach to this music û there are jazz and classical influences, but
also very contemporary touches, especially in Suvi Oskala's highly
original Finnish language songs. Her voice is stylish, quirky and
mischievous by turns, as with the very lively singing tune The Road To
Helsinki, or the album's closing track Mesimies (The Man Made Out Of
Honey). My mind gets filled with images of swarming bees during the
song's slightly crazy/discordant middle passage û and what a
contemporary finish the song has!
The band members' original instrumental compositions are of
exceptional quality: Aarnio's Tenava with its playful drive; Sutton's
gorgeous Iwona's Schottische; Oakes' supremely tuneful Joe's/The
Topiarist; or Oskala's Auvo (Bliss), a sublime wedding waltz played on
fiddle.
Think contemporary traditional Scandinavian bands like Varrtina or
Swσp, add in a touch of the English & Irish folk traditions, and
you'll have some idea of what to expect from The Auvo Quartet.
Strongly recommended as a superb example of the very high standards
being achieved by the contemporary folk musicians of England and
Scandinavia ."
http://www.auvoquartet.com
http://www.myspace.com/theauvoquartet
Tracks:
01. Boxism
02. Janino
03. Kaipaamattomuudesta
04. Iwona's
05. Auvo
06. On Taivas SynkkΣ
07. Hambos
08. Road To Helsinki
09. Tenava
10. Joe's / The Topiarist
11. Mesimies
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