Baba Yaga (album)

Baba Yaga (released 1999 by the label Grappa Music - GMCD 4158) is a studio album by Annbjørg Lien.[1][2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Dagbladet	[1]

Baba Yaga
Studio album by Annbjørg Lien
Released	1999 (1999)
Genre	Traditional folk music
Length	49:38
Label	Grappa Music
Annbjørg Lien chronology
Prisme (1996) Baba Yaga (1999) Aliens Alive (2002)

Review

With wisdom from tales about the Slavic witch Baba Yaga as an ideological superstructure, harding fiddler Annbjørg Lien is returning with an album out of the ordinary again. It appears in the musical landscape where pounding drums, whistles and synths around fill the air around her fiddle with exciting inventions.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic reviewer Chris Nickson awarded the album 4.5 stars,[1] and the review by Terje Mosnes of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 5.[2]

Track listing

1. «Loki» (4:31)
2. «Irianda» (3:29)
3. «Astra» (4:51)
4. «Ája» (6:47)
5. «Baba Yaga» (4:45)
6. «Old Larry» (4:29)
7. «January» (3:19)
8. «Ritual» (4:30)
9. «Inoque» (4:43)
10. «Wackidoo» (4:26)
11. «W.» (3:48)

Personnel

• Annbjørg Lien – fiddle & vocals
• Arve Moen Bergset – violin
• Terje Isungset – Jew's-harp
• Roger Tallroth – bouzouki, guitar & mandola
• Svein Dag Hauge – guitar
• Bjørn Ole Rasch – keyboards & Mini Moog
• Hans Fredrik Jacobsen – bagpipes, clarinet, flute & oud
• Rune Arnesen - drums & percussion
• Ailo Gaup - vocals (tracks: 4)

Credits

• Victor Boullet - photography
• Morten Lund - mastering
• Drew Miller - graphic remix
• Bjørn Ole Rasch - arranger, composer, producer & programming
• Roger Tallroth - arranger[1]

References

1. Nickson, Chris. "Annbjørg Lien - Baba Yaga Review". Allmusic.com.
2. Mosnes, Terje (1999-11-02). "Annbjørg Lien - Hardingfelespill med god gnist i lydsterke omgivelser" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2012-12-12.