MOUNTAINLORE, by Laura Cannell

MOUNTAINLORE

by Laura Cannell

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1.	I Followed an Eagle Over the Summit 03:20	buy track
2.	As the Snow Burns on the Peak
3.	Wake the Sleeping Mountain Trolls

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"Cannell's primal sounds make the distant past seem curiously present." The Wire April 2024

MOUNTAINLORE is the fourth release in the new ‘Year of Lore’ series of 12 EPs by internationally acclaimed composer and performer Laura Cannell. Every month  throughout 2024, Laura creates a new release of music  to reflect real and imagined ‘Lores’.

Mountainlore explores the myths of trolls, of snowy peaks and a captures the wild freedom in the high altitudes. The fiddle playing is inspired by the folklore of Norwegian trolls and the centuries of folklore embedded into the worlds mountains. Sleeping giants, hidden cave cities, streams, volcanos and lush green all meet at the points where the earth’s crust is the most visible.

Cannell presents a set of 3 semi-improvised pieces which begin with ‘I followed an Eagle over the Summit’ played on overbow violin with avian harmonics evoking space, slow landscapes, seasons.

The ancient sound of the fiddle sits in the mountain pass, the roads and rivers which separate the sleeping beasts. In ‘As the Snow Burns on the Peak’, there is a deep violin lullaby to accompany the midday sun as it melts the snow, revealing lush green and unforgiving flint and rock.

Our inherited folklore tells us not to venture into the dark places for fear of waking the sleeping trolls, but there is always someone who will take a step too close to see if they will really wake up. ‘Wake the Sleeping Mountain Trolls’ is a test, I dare you to play it near a sleeping troll. They seem so gentle when they are slumbering nestled in the landscape. Minimalist fiddle motifs are drawn from hardanger fiddle styles high up in the peaks.

ABOUT THE THE SERIES
Mountainlore (April) follows Riverlore (March), Earthlore (February) and Sealore (January).

The stories and folklore of people and places seem to find their way in to Cannell’s music, so she leans further in to draw them out of the earth, the sea and the landscape and to give a voice to the uncanny and the unseen.

Following the release of her latest solo album ‘Midwinter Processionals’ in December 2023 Laura has recently appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 3’s ‘This Classical Life’, she was featured on BBC Radio 6Music’s Scene Sounds, was a guest on the popular folklore podcast ‘Folklands’. One of her compositions ‘The Gatherers’ was re-imagined and performed in a sold out performance at the London Coliseum in a concert curated by broadcaster Elizabeth Alker (BBC Radio 3) and the composer Max Richter. This month also saw the World Premiere of a new commission written for The Marian Consort - 8 part vocal ensemble called “For the Plants that Bind Us”. For a full biography please visit www.lauracannell.com

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Brawl Records UK

Brawl Records is an independent UK label est. 2005. It is run by musician Laura Cannell & a small team of magical assistants. Brawl's releases have been reviewed & featured in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Wire, The Quietus, MOJO, Songlines, Record Collector and more.
And are regularly broadcast on BBC and internationally ... more

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discography

MOUNTAINLORE

Apr 2024
RIVERLORE

Mar 2024
EARTHLORE

Feb 2024
SEALORE

Jan 2024
Midwinter Processionals

Dec 2023
RAVENINGHAM SOUND WALK

Nov 2023
BOW & CREAK

Sep 2023
AMPLIFY THE PURRRSITIVE

Jul 2023
ECHOLOCATION: Resonate From Here

Jun 2023
Destruction Horizon

Apr 2023
NO SOUND IS LOST

Mar 2023
The Dovecote Sessions

Jan 2023
NEW CHRISTMAS RITUALS

Nov 2022
WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED

Sep 2022
UNLOCKING RITUALS

May 2022
Antiphony of the Trees

Mar 2022
DECEMBER SOUNDS

Dec 2021
NOVEMBER SOUNDS

Nov 2021
F E R A L - Autumn - OST to the short film by Daisy Black

Oct 2021
OCTOBER SOUNDS

Oct 2021
SEPTEMBER SOUNDS

Sep 2021
AUGUST SOUNDS

Aug 2021
JULY SOUNDS

Jul 2021
JUNE SOUNDS

Jun 2021
MAY SOUNDS

May 2021
APRIL SOUNDS

Apr 2021
March Sounds

Mar 2021
February Sounds

Feb 2021
January Sounds

Jan 2021
WINTER RITUALS EP

Dec 2020
THESE FERAL LANDS VOLUME 1

Nov 2020
Beneath Swooping Talons

Aug 2020
The Earth With Her Crowns

Jun 2020
BE ONE - The Tallest Tower

Feb 2020
SING AS THE CROW FLIES

Aug 2019
THE SKY UNTUNED

Apr 2019
Carmina Chromatico

Sep 2018
RECKONINGS

Jul 2018
HUNTER HUNTRESS HAWKER

Oct 2017
Simultaneous Flight Movement

Oct 2016
BLACK EARTH REMIXES

Jul 2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth

Jul 2014
Feathered Swing of the Raven

Sep 2012
Ruminantia

Apr 2012

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