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Kalbakken is a suburb of Oslo where the city starts melting into the forest; also a half Norwegian sibling duo playing reworkings of traditional Norwegian folksong half recalled from childhood and meticulously researched in libraries round Scandanvia. There readings of these songs encompass use of original melodic lines, which are then evolved into new arrangments and structures by the group.
13 track Debut CD "Then I Saw Summer and Sun on the Earth" is out now on Little Red Rabbit Records and distributed by Forte. You can buy copies from Little Red Rabbit , from us for £8 via the paypal button above or from "all good record shops".
Over the past three years the group have toured in the UK, Portugal and Spain. We have performed in pubs, bars, jazz clubs, theaters, art spaces, cinemas, houses, the street, church crypts, community gardens, a welsh forest, a bookshop and once on a bowling green carpark; so If you want to book a gig please get in touch!
They group have had radio coverage on ALL fm, BBC Radio 6, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio 1.
PLAN B
"This beautifully presented debut LP from a Norwegian brother-sister duo sees the traditional folk melodies of their homeland wrestled into new, rough-hewn arrangements - the Nyhuus pair imbue their readings with irrepressible sincerity."
METRO
"lusty, violent and vibrant"
WEARS THE TROUSERS
"13 songs of red-blooded traditional Scandinavian folk...raw and moving. This is dark and powerful stuff."
AMERICANA UK
"Beautiful and haunting Scandinavian folk by way of Manchester. There's pretty much everything you might want in these songs: beauty, dissonance, tradition, experimentation.
TERRASCOPE
"Spine-tingling... This is an album that's something special, undoubtedly, and housed in a beautiful printed card case."
FOXY DIGITALIS
" Many of the arrangements here are quite wild, raw, and occasionally harsh, sometimes even veering into the microtonal avant garde. Kirsty and David exhibit a passion and a refreshing wide-eyed sincerity on their debut that is damn hard to resist. Inspired stuff. 8/10 ."
MANCHESTER MUSIC
"'Then I Saw Summer & Sun On The Earth' delivers a succession of fraught, tense and stark compositions. A strange, but compelling concoction."
PENNY BLACK
"beautifully sung throughout and, blended with a gentle yet stirringly dark modern folk sound, makes for a really engaging listen. It holds a real charm to it which reeled me in instantly."
DIE SHELLSUIT DIE
"It actually freaks me out a bit and puts me properly on edge in places, and I'm not sure why."
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