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Written in fRoots issue 334, 2011
 

SIGRID MOLDESTAD
Sandkorn
Heilo HCD 7248 (2010)

For several years I’ve been seeing Sigrid Moldestad performing in Norway in various contexts, including the duo Spindel with fellow-fiddler Liv Merete Kroken and in the hardanger-fiddle trio Gamaltnymalt, but her first UK gig, at London’s Kings Place in November 2010, showed her in a whole new light, as a very fine, warm, subtle singer and writer of beautifully melodic material leading her classy and clearly very supportive band with appealing charm and poise.
     Sandkorn, already an award-winner in Norway and with potential to cross the language barrier to wider-world appeal given understanding export support, showcases much of that same material. The songs and occasional instrumental are largely her own, plus some traditional, and there are Norwegian translations of three Burns songs that stand alongside Scotland’s finest, not as translated copies but embracedly Norwegian. The arrangements are constantly interesting and luscious, from a top team that more or less boils down to her usual live sextet, including Anders Hall joining her on fiddles and viola, Sigbjørn Apeland on piano and harmonium, Stein Urheim on exquisitely-judged slide guitar and saz, guitarist Jørgen Sandvik and bassist Anders Bitustøyl.

www.sigridmoldestad.com


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