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Written in fRoots issue 378, Dec 2014


AALLOTAR
In Transit
And Say We Did ASWD0321 (2014)

Fiddle, accordion and vocals CDs aren’t rare on the in-pile, but this one has that extra, elusive appeal, its lightness of touch and melodiousness of repertoire matching the skill of Finnish accordionist-singer Teija Niku and Minneapolis Finn fiddler Sara Pajunen.
     Their trad and original tunes and songs in Finnish and English are, except for the lushly rolling, continental five-beat of Niku’s High 5, quintessentially Finnish. They play for musicality, not drive, and the charm of the singing isn’t drama or flash, it simply has warm, communicative naturalness.
     Nice label name too.

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