Sparkling review of my album

The Swedish magazine LIRA, specialised in traditional & world music and jazz, really liked my album "Genom Natten" and gave it a wonderful review ! The original can be read here (in Swedish).

Here's my translation of their article to English :

It is noticeable that nyckelharpa player Emelie Waldken has played a lot for dancing, because already in the opening track, three polskas from Haverö, it's seriously swinging. Dynamics and richness of details in all the arrangements of the album are really well chosen and the quality of musicianship is high. Most tunes on this debut solo album are played, well, solo by Waldken, and despite the total duration of a whole hour it never feels like too much. The variation is wide, the repertoire going from traditional tunes from different regions of Sweden but also from France, Norway and Ireland to a bunch of new compositions, mostly instrumental ones but also a few songs. On a few tracks are also present some guest musicians on cello, harp, Swedish bagpipes and vocals.
The choice of traditional tunes is remarkable, a baroque-style polska blends well with a song by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, but it's Waldken's own compositions that are the strongest points. The groovy La Corde Lierre is played on fiddle (which Waldken also plays) and cello, and To The Sea Through Open Windows is one of the nicest tunes of the album. Yet the most beautiful is the final track Här Står Jag, a discrete and delicate song that shines in a three-voice trall arrangement.

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