 | DITT DITT DARIUM: Ifrån främmande land Fiddle and vocal music from the north sea rim, by four innovative musicians on the vibrant Swedish folk scene.  |
Ditt Ditt Darium - Ifrån främmande land
Fiddle and vocal music from the north sea rim, by four innovative musicians on the vibrant Swedish folk scene.
Ditt Ditt Darium works with two sung and two bowed voices: singers Johanna Bölja Hertzberg and Ebba Jacobsson and fiddlers Emma Reid and Alicia Björnsdotter Abrams. The Swedish provinces of Hälsingland and Bohuslän, England’s Northumberland and Welsh Gower are all represented in the backgrounds of the members and the repertoire of the group. The four voices make for a stark contrast between the raw lure of a unison melody and a complex weave of four intertwining parts. Melodies are stories, words are rhythm.
Ditt Ditt Darium played together for the first time in 2003 and have since toured the US and Sweden and appeared on both American and Swedish radio and TV. In November 2007 they released their debut album, 'Ifrån främmande land'. The simple line-up has proved very versatile and the repertoire spans from elegant polskas to drinking songs, from groovy to lyrical. For a long time Ditt Ditt Darium has had a particular love of songs connected to coasts and seas:
Music that travels. Music for travelling.
Price: $18 + $2 shipping.
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Björnsdotter • Reid - Grovt och grant • Rough and Shiny
Traditional and original fiddle tunes from Sweden and the British Isles. Released September 2006.
The Swedish term for two fiddles played an octave apart is ‘rough and shiny’. The high, shiny melody gets depth and colour from the low, rough octave. To us, ‘rough and shiny’ has yet another meaning. It is the shine – the intricate ornaments and the playful counter-melodies – that tickles the heart and inspires the imagination. It is the roughness – the stamping of feet and the bite of the bow – that makes it impossible to sit still.
Price: $16 + $2 shipping.
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Ditt Ditt Darium - from coast to coast
Broadside ballads, drinking songs and fiddle tunes from England to the Swedish north,
from Estonian Runö to Shetland. A 13 track live recording from Musikmuséet in Stockholm,
August 2005.
Order: This CD is out of print
Alicia Björnsdotter Abrams - Live at Stallet
Alicia's first live album recorded at Stallet in Stockholm, October 2003.
Here are some samples:
Per i Knaben with Krokodil
Vals efter Salomon Zeidlitz, with Emma Reid
Far from home, Acadian reel with Emma Reid
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