Harv / Polka Raggioso
Album: Polka Raggioso   Collection:World
Artist:Harv   Added:Aug 2005
Label:Northside  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-09-11 Pull Date: 2005-11-13 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Nov 13 Oct 16 Oct 2 Sep 25 Sep 18
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 08, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Tosen
4. Sep 27, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Grythyttehyl
2. Oct 09, 2005: Coronary Heart Disease
Harveland / Potatisvalsen
5. Sep 20, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Harveland / Potatisvalsen
3. Sep 30, 2005: No Cover, No Minimum
Guttis
6. Sep 13, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Grythyttehyl

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2005-08-27
Harv – Polka Raggioso (Northside)
Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/28/05
Swedish violin/accordion trad, very similar to Celtic and Appalachian traditional styles. Heavy on the violins and light on the percussion. No vocals. Not much to distinguish cuts from each other for the non-aficionado, but Decca can have fun with pronunciations. Songs often seem to end a few seconds early.
Track 4 isn’t bad, 5 is nice for a slow number, 1 and 10 standard trad.
1. 3:31 all about the fiddles. Uptempo barn dance.
2. 4:34 guitar, accordion and… triangle? Builds slowly with violin duet and stays mid-tempo for the most part.
3. 4:25 waltz of the yobs? Hard to waltz to, IMO. Fades and comes back a minute or so from the end.
4. 3:58 *a medley in a style we are informed is a “bugg”. You can skip to it. Kinda swingy in spots.
5. 5:12 slow intro with a bit of slide guitar. Downbeat but pretty.
6. 4:16 mostly a midtempo violin duet.
7. 4:05 *this one too, until it suddenly veers into slide guitar and drums – then back to violins.
8. 4:19 fairly uptempo polka with – guess what? – violins!
9. 3:30 slow ballad
10. 4:33 *midtempo waltz that builds with harmonica and percussion.

Track Listing
1. Grythyttehyl   6. Haegsta
2. Direktor Deg   7. Guttis
3. Raggarvals   8. Polka Raggioso
4. Sockertoj / Ja Da Gor Vi   9. Titania
5. Tosen   10. Harveland / Potatisvalsen