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Actually not a bridal march - I thought it sounded like one when it appeared in my head one morning during recording, but when tracked down it turned out to be another hymn tune, from northern Savo. By way of non-Christian contrast, the drumbeats come from the world’s biggest Sámi-style shaman drum, six feet tall, which was made recently for Kansantaiteenkeskus, where it creaks and cracks in the dry winter air.

Noted by in norhtern Savo by W.Malmberg and published in the “Hengellisiä Sävelmiä” (Religious melodies) volume of Ilmari Krohn's “Suomen Kansan Sävelmiä”.

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from On the Shoulders of the Great Bear, released January 1, 2000
Concertina, drum - Andrew Cronshaw
Perhonjokilaakso kantele - Hannu Saha
Soprano sax, bass clarinet - Ian Blake

Trad.arr. Cronshaw/Blake/Saha

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Andrew Cronshaw London, UK

Andrew Cronshaw is a British multi-instrumentalist and producer, soloist and also leader of the Finnish/Armenian/British band SANS, who also has a long career as a writer on roots musics, particularly those of the Nordic, Baltic, eastern and central European and Iberian regions, for fRoots, The Rough Guide to World Music etc. ... more

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