| Ranarim / Morning Star |
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| Album: | Morning Star | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Ranarim | Added: | Jan 2007 | |
| Label: | Northside | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2008-05-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | May 4 | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Mar 30 | Mar 23 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 29, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian The Wind Turns | 4. | Apr 22, 2008: | world beat Welcome Blessed Spring | |
| 2. | Apr 25, 2008: | The Rent Party The Wind Turns | 5. | Apr 15, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian The Elderly Brothers | |
| 3. | Apr 22, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian Welcome Blessed Spring | 6. | Mar 27, 2008: | World Beat Welcome Blessed Spring |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2008-03-10 | ||
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Lovely Nordic melodies and harmonies and Swedish folk music from a guitar, bass, drums trio plus a nyckelharpist. Songs have variously traditional lyrics, traditional music, both, or neither but of even quality. Many songs deal with absent love, longing, departures, and the like. All lyrics in Swedish, BTW. Highly recommended. Bonus points: each member of the sextet has his/her own website listed in the notes! *** 1. Sprightly, lovely "welcome, spring" song *** 2. 12-verse tune based on the farming recommendations found in the Farmer's Almanac for each month. *** 3. Picks up the pace with a blessing for the health of the sheep ** 4. Upbeat ode to sharing one's joy as far better than being monied ** 5. Based on two medieval ballads of a love gone seriously bad and a subsequent broken heart, this is a little darker than the preceding ** 6. Grief for an absent lover; quiet, sad, and slow of course *** 7. A happy song to lift the mood; upbeat with just a hint of bittersweet ** 8. Midtempo ballad about relief of being home ** 9. Another everlasting love ballad *** 10. Typical (Swedish) folk instrumental; longing, dark, hopeful, lovely *** 11. Couldn't have a Swedish folk album without a song about sailing; acapella harmonising *** 12. Short, fast polska with scatting lyrics *** 13. Ultra-poppy hooks, harmonies, and interesting rhythms on a Swedish folk tune *** 14. Only marginally less poppy than tk. 13; upbeat *** 15. Pretty flute bit among the lovely verses | ||
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