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Artist: Ånon Egeland

Label: NorthSide

Description:
After two decades fronting duo and group projects, Ånon Egeland has released a solo album. He's been well-respected for years in Norwegian and Swedish music circles, having learned these rare tunes directly from traditional players who passed away some 10 to 15 years ago. Until now most of these tunes were kept alive by Ånon alone; now they can circulate among today's and tomorrow's players to live again in the folk tradition.

He is first and foremost a Hardanger fiddler* (that's the Norwegian fiddle with drone strings, as heard on Devil's Tune) but he also plays jews harp and two kinds of Norwegian flute. As a bonus, the citar (a Norwegian variant of the acoustic guitar) is featured on one track. Accompanying Ånon on 12 of these 24 tracks are Mikael Marin of Väsen on viola, and Leiv Solberg on mandola and guitar. Leiv has been playing with Ånon for over 20 years, so their work together is nearly telepathic.

Ånon (the album) is a beautiful collection of instrumental tunes that will stay in your head long after the disc is finished playing.

1	Hambo Etter Knut Ramlet [Knut Ramlet's hambo]	2:10
2	Du Lille Skare [Thou little crowd]	1:34
3	Var Det Du Eller Var Det Deg? [Was it you or was it you?]	2:42
4	Springdans Etter Torgrim Melås [Torgrim Melås' springdans]	2:33
5	Fanten [The tinker]	1:24
6	Nordafjells [North of the mountains]	1:32
7	Treskarens vals [The thrasher's waltz]	2:41	MP3 Download
8	Springdans Etter Nils Brusli [Nils Brusli's springdans]	1:52
9	Fjellrilen [The mountain reel]	1:42
10	Adam Uti Paradis [Adam in Paradise]	1:53
11	Knuse Av Sorgens Hammer [Crushed by the hammer of grief]	2:42
12	Anna Burte Er [Anna is gone] / Espelandsjenten [The girls from Espeland]	2:00
13	Per I Knaben [Per from Knaben]	1:49
14	Gauslåen [The Gauslå tune]	1:44
15	Brureslira [The bride's sheath]	2:14
16	Munnhorpeslåtten [The jews harp tune]	1:16
17	Treskarens Polka [The thrasher's polka]	2:02
18	Snikkarvalsen [The carpenter's waltz]	3:26
19	Tripper	1:56
20	Torstensens	2:08
21	Harvelandsvalsen [The harveland waltz]	2:15
22	Kristines Klagesang [Kristine's lament]	1:48
23	Nu Reiser Jeg Min Vei [I am leaving]	1:16