SANS July 4, 2013

SANS is the dazzling quartet of multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cronshaw (zither, fujara, ba-wu, marovantele, kantele), the great Finnish singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio, multi-instrumental reeds player Ian Blake (bass clarinet, soprano sax), and Tigran Aleksanyan, Armenian master of his country’s heart-rendingly voice-like reed pipe, the duduk. This instrumental combination is not found in any other band in the world, drawing deeply on their different but remarkably compatible traditions; Finland’s Kalevala folklore, the sweeping melodies of Armenia and English folk song. They combine to make a genuinely new music of extraordinary beauty and fluidity.

Official Website: http://crd.fm/2iM