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Written in fRoots issue 381, March 2015

FINNO-BALKAN VOICES
Finno-Balkan Voices 
Kansanmusiikki-instituutti / Sibelius Academy KICD121 (2014)

Very good half-Finnish, half-Bulgarian female vocal octet with excellent, varied arrangements of strong material, from both traditions and new compositions, none of it the usual stuff. Far more productive, interesting and its own beast than the choirs, abroad or in Bulgaria, who just follow the Mystère de V B trail.

www.kansanmusiikki-instituutti.fi

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