Tellu
Suden Aiku (Time Of The Wolf)
17.99
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) "Tellu Virkkala may be familiar to many of you through her work with the Swedish/Finnish rock group Hedningarna. As one of the two female lead singers in the band, she added a rich, heritage based sound to their high-energy folk-rock. Now, with the band behind her, she has gone back to the deepest of Finnish roots, the Kalevala tale that has been the heart of Finnish folk lore and folk music for centuries, and adding her own stories and her unique and forceful voice has put together a rich album of vocal music. To do this she has pulled together an impressive backing ensemble: percussionist Tina Johansson (Filarfolket), and singers Sanna Kurki-Suonio (Hedningarna), Pia Rask (Ma Naiset) and Liisa Matveinen (Tallari). The result is an important album of the voices of Finnish women, one of cool control, worldly vision and dark emotions. One doesn't need the potent lyrics of "Manaus" to hear the call, "Help me, nature, give me power, make my blood run strong and stronger... free the maiden" as the voices chant it to the wind. Tellu has created a small masterpiece of poetry and potency, one that rings true in Finland and well beyond." - CF, Dirty Linen |
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