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Edda Magnason

Title: Edda Magnason

Label: Caprice

Cat No:CAP21812
Format:CD

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• Pianist, singer and songwriter Edda Magnason grew up in the countryside in southern Sweden. Her father is Icelandic. She had a patchy classical piano training, often rejecting its strictures in favour of much wider musical influences - Björk, Frank Zappa, Esbjörn Svensson, the Portuguese jazz singer Maria João and much more.

• Her entrancing debut album presents an eclectic, seamless blend of jazz, pop, folk, and classical. She was also influenced by memories of children’s songs by Georg Riedel and Swedish folk music. Some lyrics tell a story, others are more impressionistic and suggest her enthusiasm for haiku poems. Some of the pieces are completely instrumental, moments where she feels absolute freedom from all music genres.

• The feelings that permeate Edda’s album are playfulness and adventurousness. There is a deft freshness in the melodies that makes them sound accessible and easily played, even if they probably would be perceived as difficult if another musician attempted them.

• The aesthetically gifted Edda also has an obvious flair for the visual. The result can be enjoyed, for example, in the delicate, detailed illustrations, which are to be found in the CD booklet. Sometimes sweet, often exciting, as well as enlightening and fascinating at the same time. Just like the music.

Track Listing for Edda Magnason
1. Swirl
2. Ropewalking
3. Dromdejag Var Hund
4. Ali
5. Playbird
6. Snow
7. The Blue Hour
8. Niece
9. Patience
10. Boats
11. Sweet And Sour
12. Emmigrants
13. Goodbye Song

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