Karlsen/ Saether - Vintersong Fulfilled By FYE traversing incessant swing with a

traversing incessant swing with a broad range of tempos

they sometimes surpass it in terms of pathos (as in the heartrending "Falling Down Blues") or observational acuity (as in Furry's finely wrought retelling of the story of Billy Lyon and Stack-o-Lee)

and is an amusing and enjoyable listen

through the hopes of two men chasing their destiny

Fabian Bloch (euphonium and alphorn

Karlsen/ Saether - Vintersong Fulfilled By FYE traversing incessant swing with aAll the music on this release has the countertenor as a common denominator. There is something beautifully unsettling about hearing a male singing in the register of a female singer. It throws us back to a, fortunately, bygone time when the same vocal properties were reached by the barbaric practice that produced the male "castrati". Nowadays, male singers who wish to sing in this register develop their falsetto and head voice techniques in a natural