An accordion plays a walking tune, soon the violinist and the vocalist enter, and in the first few seconds of Rusk II, you sense the nerve and skill of this trio. Rusk is the Norwegian trio of the sin…read more

Norwegian folk music from the area of Solør and Finnskogen. The album contains traditional dance music, songs and psalms from the mysterious woods of Finnskogen – in new arrangements! Two of No…read more

Following on from the critically-acclaimed and prize-winning “Different Rivers”, here’s Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim’s other band, the Source, which he co-leads with tromb…read more

‘Looking on Darkness’ is the solo recording debut of accordionist Frode Haltli, a major talent from Norway, destined to make his mark on several genres. He was last heard on ECM in the com…read more

“Sangam”, means “coming together”, in Sanskrit, sometimes taken to signify “the meeting point of three rivers”. Interpret that literally in Trygve Seim’s case and the different rivers mi…read more

Frode Haltli, acknowledged as one of the most outstanding accordion soloists in contemporary music, is also an exceptional improviser and an authority on folk music. His second ECM recording under his…read more

Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli have collaborated often over the years, and Frode is also a member of Trygve’s “Sangam” ensemble. But the flexible duo format has provided a particularly useful foru…read more

‘Giants of Jazz’ is the debut album of the trio POING (Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, sax; Frode Haltli, accordion; Håkon Thelin, double bass). The album captures the spirit of one of the most excit…read more