Rune Grammofon presents the third album by Norway's Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. After their successful covers album Melody Mountain, filled with intimate and highly personal takes on mostly well-known songs, they return to the original songwriting skills of their debut album List of Lights and Buoys and present us with eight new originals as well as two covers. These new songs were written deep in the Norwegian woods and by the sea, but the topics lay much further away. The music has a retro-futuris...   [ read more ]

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Susanna and her Magical Orchestra is in fact a duo that has been around for four years in the Norwegian live scene. Singer Susanna Wallumrød (23) is a new name, while Morten Qvenild (24) is a keyboard player who's played with the likes of Jaga Jazzist, jazz quartet Shining, Norwegian pop diva Bertine Zetlitz, and Nils Petter Molvær. When we first heard a demo with their versions of "Jolene" and Leonard Cohen´s "Hallelujah," we knew we had something special. Then we saw an intimate and intense live performa...   [ read more ]

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This is the second release from the Norwegian duo consisting of Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (vocals) and Morten Qvenild (Jaga Jazzist, Shining, In the Country) (piano, cembalo, autoharp, vibraphone, church organ and keyboards). This time they have chosen to record ten interpretations of mostly well-known songs by artists such as Prince, AC/DC, Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, Angus Young, Matt Burt, Peter Hook, Paul Stanley, Bob Dylan, Martin L. Gore and Sandy Denny. Susanna has a unique way of making a song he...   [ read more ]

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