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Travelling through cultures

by Asgeir Asgeirsson

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    Physical copy of Icelandic folksong vol: 2. Recorded in Bulgaria, India, Greece, The Netherlands and Iceland.

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1.
Krummi svaf í klettagjá 03:19
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Instrumental music
2.
Ljósið kemur langt og mjótt/Heyri ég hljóm 05:33
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Icelandic folk lyric
3.
Krummi krunkar úti 03:19
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4.
Einn herra best ég ætti/Góða skemmtun gjöra skal 04:30
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Icelandic folk lyric
5.
Nowruz 06:09
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Instrumental song
6.
Af hættu hryggðar djúpi 03:45
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Icelandic folk lyric
7.
Ríðum ríðum rekum yfir sandinn 03:13
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Instrumental song
8.
Eilíft lífið er æskilegt 03:02
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Icelandic folk lyric

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Icelandandi folksongs travels to Bulgaria Vol: 2.
Asgeir Asgeirsson releases his second album containing Icelandic folksongs, where he writes new parts and intros and connects them to his heritage with stunning results. Now in collaboratation with his long time friend, accordion virtuoso Borislav Zgurovski and Trakia ensamble from Plovdiv Bulgaria. Many great guests feature on this album from: India, Greece, Austria and Iceland to give it unique blend.
One of Iceland´s finest female singer, Sigríður Thorlacius does all the solo vocals on this album. Special guests in one song are female choir of Plovdiv.

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released September 1, 2018

Ásgeir Ásgeirsson: oud, bouzouki and tamboura
Borislav Zgurovski: accordion
Sigríður Thorlacius: vocal
Stela Petrova: bass
Temelko Ivanov: kaval
Borislav Galabov: gadulka
Alexander Todorov: tupan
Radostin Rusev: bagpipe
Female choir (track 8): Tsonka Dimitrova, Stanka Kurshumova, Lina Macheva,
Elena Zgurovska, Rumyana Filkova, Diana Vasileva, Zlatka Stefanova,
Svetlana Boteva, Gaitanka Minkovska

Special guests:
Manosh Bardhan: tabla (tracks: 1,2,34, 6,7)
Claudio Spieler (cajon and other percussions (tracks 3 and 5)
Nikos Tatasopolous: bouzouki (track 2)
Haukur Gröndal: clarinet (track 6)

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Asgeir Asgeirsson Reykjavík, Iceland

Icelandic multi string instrumentalist/composer Asgeir Asgeirsson started studying Eastern music in 2009. Asgeir has five cd´s in his name, three featuring Icelandic folksongs arranged and inspired by Eastern music.
In 2017 with Yurdal Tokcan and Turkey´s finest musicians.
In 2018 with Borislav Zgurovski and Thrakia ensamble from Bulgaria.
In 2020 with musicians from Iran led by Hamid Khansari. ... more

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