From Senegal to Setesdal

Artist: Kirsten Braten-Berg
Label: Six Degrees
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 657036101425
EAN: 0657036101425
ASIN: B00000JFRX

Release Date: 1999-06-22

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Listmania:

Could Make Me Cry Humming The Noika Tune

Tracks:

Tiramakan/Eg Vippa Meg
Havar Heddi/Goe
Bitilo
Lill Lisa
Atolago
Horpa/Kono
Jegerlek
Sordolen/Kody Nadioulo
Uppstaden
Kouami Ba
Bansullar/Ding Ding Ide
Halling Jorond
Tveitaen/Djatto

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Edda - An Icelandic Saga - Myths From Medieval Iceland / Sequentia

Customer Reviews:

The best CD purchase I have made to date........1999-10-25

I heard a review of this CD on NPR's "All Things Considered," where there was a short interview with Kirsten Braten Berg and a few seconds of three or four selections from the CD were played. I immediately wrote down the title and artist's names in order to begin my search for it. I finally bought it two months later, and I am so thrilled by this purchase. The music is so beautifully rich and colorful, and displays distinctly diverse cultural styles while making obvious their shared nuances... and somehow, their sounds are similar in many ways. The melodies are contagious, and though I can't speak either language which is sung, the lyrics are catchy and fun, and I sing along anyway. I get the impression, too, that the musicians really shared a great learning experience while working on this project, each learning about the others' culture. This really is wonderful, mostly uplifting music. Adding to my fondness for it is the fact that I bought it upon hearing a review. Go figure!

the yoga of sound has found an advocate.......1999-09-06

this cd exemplifies world music and the synergy of two seemingly exclusive cultures. the mouth harp brings a vibrational stage which is beautifully adorned by singing voices, high and low.this music is pure delight.

Unlikely yet beautiful meeting of cultures.......1999-07-23

The concept of a meeting of Norwegian and African musicians sounds unlikely on paper. Surprise, surprise! This CD is beautiful and entirely unique! Kirsten Braten Berg has one of the most lovely, pure voices on the planet and boy does it sound good framed by the superb kora and African percussion provided by her collaborators. Stands right up there with the Buena Vista Social Club as a charming, fun beautiful listening experience that proves that music really is the universal language.

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