Channa Riedel
Beloveds is an ensemble that started in 2016 In Gothenburg, Sweden. Composer and singer Channa Riedel uses poetry in order to create music that is intimate, rugged and beautiful. They find inspiration from music such as Liberation Music Orchestra, Victor Jara, Hanns Eisler as well as Swedish and Jewish folk songs. Lyrics are by Palestinian, Swedish, American and Russian poets such as Vladimir Mayakovsky, Juliana Spahr, Stig Dagerman and Channa Riedel.
In October 2019 debut album Så tar natten dig åter was released on Swedish indie label Abrovinsch Records. The music is a bittersweet mixture of jazz, folksongs, cabaret and progg (Swedish left-wing and anti- commercial musical movement from the 60s and 70s).
Så tar natten dig åter deals with themes such as flight, political struggle, exile and love.
Channa Riedel, voc., comp. Anton Jonsson, drums Björn Petersson, bass Joel Haag, guitar Gustav Davidsson, trombone Pelle Westlin, tenor saxophone & clarinet Karl Magnús Andersson, piano
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Dave Sumner, Bird Is the Worm, https://www.birdistheworm.com/best-of-2019-34-beloveds-sa-tar-natten-dig-ater/