Listen to world music tied to Arab, Persian, or Indian music, but with Western classical music instruments – cello, double bass – and Scandinavian folk instruments.

Hear Swedish folk fiddling and South Indian tradition Carnatic violin together in music from the quartet Nordic Raga, who are Bangalore-born violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, Swedish folk fiddler Mats Edén, Dan Svensson, percussion, Pär Moberg, saxophones. Listen to their arrangement of a folk dance from the borderlands of Sweden and Norway. Also, hear chamber music rooted in Persian classical scales, featuring kamanche, the Persian spiked fiddle, and cello from the Toronto-based duo Kamancello.

By: John Schaefer

Published on: New Sounds

January 18, 2018