Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen - Kontinent (2020) [Hi-Res]

With this second release on ACT singer, songwriter and hymnist Janne Mark presents a kaleidoscopic travelogue from her pilgrimages in life and art. Kontinent is a soaring departure from Pilgrim (2018) and documents the expanding collaboration with musical miracle worker Arve Henriksen. Kontinent affirms Janne Mark’s position as a strong voice in contemporary hymn writing and as a sculpturer chiselling out melodies from the bedrock beneath her. The world she creates for herself on here contains as diverse elements as the melodies of the northern Atlantic folk music tradition, Danish author Naja Marie Aidt’s poem from the novel When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back and the spellbinding 7th-century celtic lullaby Taladh Chriosta and they sit comfortably among the hymns and clear-cut melodies of the artist herself.

Janne Mark / vocals
Arve Henriksen / trumpets, spoken word & electronics
Nils Økland / hardanger fiddle, viola d’amore & violin
Henrik Gunde / piano, harmonium, mellotron & vibraphone
Esben Eyermann / double bass
Bjørn Heebøll / drums