Rickard Jäverling - The Valleys (CD)

With a handful of split singles and self-released recordings already under his belt, The Valleys – released on Kning Disk – is Rickard Jäverling’s second full-length album, and the follow-up to his debut outing Two Times Five Lullaby. Pulling together myriad strands of folk music, Jäverling excels at creating wonderfully evocative images and sounds via delicate finger-picking and deft instrumentation, in a similar vein to his fellow countrymen Andreas Söderström (ASS) and Karl-Jonas Winqvist (Blood Music). Conjuring images of vast expanses of undulating landscape and eye-catching panoramas, Jäverling’s slowly winding guitar lines intertwine with layers of sounds, and are often teamed with slide guitar for an effortlessly warm and laidback feel, akin to the calmness of the fjords. Imagine Bert Jansch relocated to Scandinavian woodlands and you’d be close to capturing the pristine beauty which pulses throughout these ten tracks.

Tracklisting: 01. Salt hill pt.1   02. May & Lee   03. Wishing well   04. Wedding ring  05. Train to c.   06. Rest your eyes   07. Salt hill pt.2   08. Little bird  09. April   10. Sun valley

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