Kerstin Blodig - Out of the Woods (2015/2019) [Official Digital Download]

The rich natural atmosphere - including birdsong and sounds from the vegetation - fits wonderfully to Kerstin’s haunting Norwegian folk ballads, her crystal clear expressive mezzosoprano and her modern virtuoso guitar playing.

“Out of the Woods” is a collection of favourite songs about the loveliest season of all – springtime, featuring re-recorded repertoire from formerly released CDs as well as brand-new material – including three spontaneous improvisations, where the musicians sat around the microphones and just started to play… Opulently modern, minimalistically folky, bizarre and beautiful, passionate and pure, melancholy and dreamy, soulful and sad, tongue-in-cheek and humorous – Kerstin Blodig takes us on a musical journey from Norway across the North Sea to Scotland and back home again to the land of the trolls, elf kings and wood nymphs, of breath-taking landscapes and mysterious myths.

Tracklist:
1. Fause Fause Hae Ye Been 04:46
2. Out of the Woods 1 (Impro 1) 06:21
3. Herr Ole - Jeg Lagde Meg Sa Silde 05:34
4. The Ferryman 06:11
5. Liti Kjersti Og Elvekongjen 05:03
6. Solbonn 06:53
7. Out of the Woods 2 (Impro 2) 04:42
8. Varen Din 04:15
9. Power of the Moon 05:46
10. Nattergalen 05:16
11. The Raven 03:38
12. Out of the Woods 3 (Impro 3) 04:24
13. Den Blomstertid Na Kommer 02:58

Personnel:
Kerstin Blodig, vocals, guitar, bodhrán, bouzouki
Ian Melrose, acoustic and electric guitar, whistles, seljefløyte, vocals
Urs Fuchs, electric bass, double bass, vocals
Mia Gunberg Ådin, nykkelharpa
Liv Vester Larsen, fiddle
Manfred Leuchter, accordion
Yogi Jockusch, percussion