Ahoy hoy

"Ahoy Hoy is the debut studio album by Boreas, a collaboration between two Norwegian and two Scottish musicians which, although it draws on the folk music traditions of each country, also encourages exploration of the spaces between the two different yet connected cultures ... Broadly structured in three parts, the swaggering bravado of the introduction gives way to a calmer, more introspective middle section before the ending ties the threads together to bring us back to the beginning, whole and ready to take on whatever the world may throw at us".

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"Boreas is a new, exciting partnership between Scottish and Norwegian musicians ... Rachel Newton (Scottish harp, voice, electroharp), Lori Watson (fiddle, voice), Britt Pernille Frøholm (Hardanger fiddle) and Irene Tillung (accordeon) perform Scottish and Norwegian traditional material interwoven with their own tunes in thoughtful, innovative arrangements. The instrumental pieces are finely constructed and they reward repeat listening. The shivery and gorgeous tune-set "Sidvoss" opens like landscape appearing through morning mist, flowing into a majestic Norwegian tune that beautifully contrasts darkly sonorous accodeon with brightly crystalline harp. The intricate instrumental interplay of Lori Watson's tune-set "Sillery" displays an almost-baroque geometry, spiced up with modern minimalism: Bach meets Philip Glass in the Penguin Cafe ... The songs on the album are every bit as good as the instrumentals".