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Nils Økland and keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland – musical partners for thirty years – have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation. Their beautiful new album Glimmer takes as its starting point Norwegian folk music.

Norway’s most celebrated Hardanger fiddler player, Nils Økland has been quietly forging new paths in traditionally rooted music for the last 35 years. His distinctive music bridges the worlds of traditional folk and contemporary, forging links between the ancient and modern, written and improvised. The Hardanger’s plaintive, mourning sound, enhanced by its resonating strings, carries the listener to the high mountains of Norway and their majestic nature.

Nils Økland and keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland – musical partners for thirty years – have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation. Their beautiful new album Glimmer takes as its starting point Norwegian folk music. Apeland’s collection of pieces from local singers who have helped to keep the traditions alive forms the basis of the repertoire here, along with original compositions. Throughout, the combination of Økland’s Hardanger fiddle and Apeland’s harmonium is hugely evocative.

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