Anna Pidgorna - Invented Folksongs [Redshift Records]

Released via the ever active Canadian label Redshift Records on November 21st, 2k25 is "Invented Folksongs", the six compositions and 48 minutes spanning longplay debut by Vancouver-based and Ukraine-rooted vocalist x composer Anna Pidgorna who, with the help of Boston's Ludovica Ensemble, brings forward her own interpretation and take on Ukrainian Folk traditions, pairing the musics original elements with a stylistically broad mosaic of invented x improvised and scraped together dialects and vocalizations and her prior experience in Contemporary Classical and Modern Composition. Over the course of four extended songs and two instrumental pieces Pidgorna's vision oftentimes exceeds the Folk drawer by far, especially in the powerful, muscular and expressive opening piece "What Else Can Gave Him?" which feels closer to certain Rock x Metal genres than anything else despite being backed by a traditonal ensemble setting whereas "Teach Your Daughters" unfolds in a dynamic, ever spiralling and climactic way perfectly suitable for a theatrical or operatic stage performance whilst the "Second Meditation", despite being intrumental, once again touches base with a kind of muscular Avantgarde / Progressive Rock vibe rather than Folk just to name a few examples of what an Avantgarde-savvy audience might expect from this longplayer.

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