Review: Beirut :: “Hadsel”

A wooden church inspires the folk orchestra

In the seventeen years of its existence, the US folk orchestra formation around the musician Zach Condon has released seven albums. Hectic activity is not her thing. In the course of a crisis of meaning, Condon met the organ lover Oddvar, who gave him access to a Hadselkirke, one of Norway’s typical wooden churches. Inspired by this ambience, the dozen tracks still sound…

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