Trio Mio

Trio Mio

Love & Cigars

Go’ Danish Folk Music GO0111



Considering Denmark’s Trio Mio began as a vehicle to play the compositions of violinist Kristine Heebøll, they’ve certainly grown over the course of several albums. Now they’re the equal of any Nordic band, bringing greater depth and complexity to the music, with all three members contributing tunes and adding more instruments to give even more richness to the sound. It wouldn’t work if they weren’t all superb musicians, wonderfully in sync with each other. Their grounding is still in folk music (and there’s one traditional piece, Stormen, which is all gussied up in a superb arrangement), but the rest all comes from the band. It’s a delight to hear Jens Ulvsand using guitar as well as bouzouki, and it’s apparent on this disc that the atmosphere of a piece – what’s between the notes as much as what’s played – is vital. They can put a little Western twang into the title cut or make Mette Maries Menuet quite Mozartian, and do it all with great delicacy and style. At this point their albums have graduated to vital listening, not just for those interested in Danish or Nordic music, but for anyone who loves excellent adventurous music, period