Daniel Pettersson- Sweden - The Nyckelharpa (CD) Spear of Destiny Within this first album track

Within this first album track

the album lands in the atmospheric dimensions between Pink Floyd

the bands influence on other artists of the time can certainly be heard

When Emmanuelle Parrenin followed in his footsteps a year later she was in good company: the sound engineer at the studio was her partner and therefore uniquely capable (we imagine) of creating an adequate soundscape for her delicate universe

Most of the Trio recordings have been in print since

Daniel Pettersson- Sweden - The Nyckelharpa (CD) Spear of Destiny Within this first album trackThe nyckelharpa, a bowed instrument, with keys, sympathetic and drone strings, dating from the 14th century at least, in songs and instrumental pieces (scored also for violin, viola and quinton d'amore) a rich, remarkable timbre still at the heart of Sweden's musical tradition. The nyckelharpa (which resembles a violin with a keyboard of wooden keys), once widespread throughout northern Europe, has seen it's range shrink as music has evolved,