''Come Home'' (released 2009 on the

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by the Grappa label – HCD 7244) is a studio album by the couple

Annbjørg Lien Annbjørg Lien (born 15 October 1971) is a Norway, Norwegian musician, playing the hardingfele (Hardanger fiddle), violin, and nyckelharpa. Career She first came to national prominence in 1986. Shortly afterwards got a recording deal with the H ...

and

Bjørn Ole Rasch Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian artist (keyboards performer), composer, arranger and producer. He is a professor of popular music at the Agder University College. With his wife, Annbjørg Lien, he runs the Kongshavn Studios i ...

Review

On this album the Norwegian traditional musician and Hardanger fiddle virtuoso Annbjørg Lien teams up with her husband, foot bellows organist Bjørn Ole Rasch, for a wonderful and eclectic album featuring Hardanger fiddle, harmonium and contemporary and fresh versions of traditional music. With distinct compositions and performances, and a wide range of musical influences, they continue breaking musical boundaries.

Reception

The review by the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album dice 5, and the review by the Norwegian newspaper

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also awarded the album dice 5.

Track listing

#"Funk Trunk" (4:08) #"Jo The Gigant" (4:29) #"Come Home" (3:25) #"The Goblin's Halling/The Buckin' Mule" (3:22) #"Kongshavn" (2:55) #"Woody's Bounce" (3:32) #"The Old Car" (4:09) #"Phelia/January" (7:14) #"Roquebrune" (4:39) #"Hässleholm" (3:58) #"The Little Goblin" (3:39)

Personnel

–

Hardingfele A hardanger fiddle () is a traditional stringed instrument considered the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard v ...

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

keyed fiddle ''Nyckelharpa'' (, roughly "keyed fiddle" in Swedish, , plural: ) is a "keyed" bowed chordophone, primarily originating from Sweden in its modern form, but with its historical roots scattered across medieval Europe. It is similar in appearance ...

and vocals *

– foot bellows organ,

harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...

and vocals

Credits

*Mastering – Roald Råsberg *Mixing – Trond Engebretsen *Recording – Trond Engebretsen

Notes

*Recorded and mixed at Kongshavn Studios in Kristiansand, Norway

References

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