Tellu
Suden Aiku (Time Of The Wolf)
16.99
Tellu is a major force in Finnish song, with deep folk-roots credits and a stint as a member of the innovative Hedningarna. This song cycle features Tellu with fellow Hedningarna singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio, Liisa Matveinen (former Tallari) and Me Naiset's Pia Rask. Orignal and traditional material flow together in these songs, sung solo and in ensemble.
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"The title derives from a book by American writer Clarissa Pinkola Estes. "It's a fairy-tale analysis, called "Women Who Run With The Wolves"; it's about how every woman should find the wolf inside." Is there enough material with a woman's viewpoint in the collections to work with? "Certainly there is, in Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot - the big collection, over 30 books, there is lots of women's stuff, and you could collect dozens of feminine Kalevalas from it - so I've only just started!"
The piece is musically powerful whether or not one understands the lyrics. Sometimes it's a solo voice, sometimes all four, sometimes caressing and soft, sometimes hard and chattering, using vocal techniques from the four's deep grounding in Finnish tradition and occasionally borrowing from others - a snatch of Scandinavian herding call, a hint of pygmy vocalising." - Andrew Cronshaw ( from an interview in fROOTS) |
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