Keel Road

This release is the latest chapter in the Danish String Quartet’s exploration of northern folk and traditional sources. Their previous album in this genre, Last Leaf, was a resounding success with press and public and ranked high amongst albums of the year at NPR, The New York Times and Gramophone. Amid the traditional pieces, the album includes compositions by members of the quartet Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, as well as pieces composed by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738), the legendary Irish harpist. With characteristic attention to detail, the Danish String Quartet creatively color the album’s arrangements with the addition of instruments including spinet, harmonium, bass and clog fiddle.