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Written in fRoots issue 314/315, 2009
 

NORDIC
Metropol
KMH/Academus KMHCD19 (2008)

Since its near-extinction by the mid 20thC, nyckelharpa might now be the world’s most rapidly popularising stringed instrument. Here it’s played by Eric Rydvall with Magnus Zetterlund’s mandolin and Anders Löfberg’s cello in often non-trad-style original tunes, with occasional vocals including a fine declamatory one from Senegal’s Mamadou Sene. www.academus.se


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