One of the most important bands from the Faeroe islands is Spælimenninir which exist for more than 25 years. From the start they have been playing traditional music from the North and their north includes whole Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the US. But also they bring original songs in a traditional atmosphere. The seventeen tunes on this new cd's are acoustic traditional folk in new arrangements. The fact that there are also some jazz musicians in the band makes that some songs have a slight different approach than you would normally expect from a traditional Scandinavian band. Besides the piano the band has the fiddle, recorder, mandolin, guitar, harmonium and bass as instruments. Actually Malargrot is exactly what the band has been doing for the last 25 years. Keeping the Nordic tradition alive, lets hope they will do this for many years to come. (FOLKWORLD)