Torbj�rn �malm & Saajo - Tih

Torbj�rn �malm & Saajo explores the potentials of combining modern jazz with the folkmusic of Lapland/Torne valley on their new release Tih.Tih is a concept album that explores a synthesis of modern jazz and the folkmusic of Lapland and the Tornevalley (finnish/saami-speaking area in Sweden) with a slight touch of indie. The music on the album vary between compositions made for trio-, duo- and solo situations. The album consists of 15 compositions that are dark, rootsy and atmospheric with a hopeful spark. It is music for both the glad and the sad. The word Tih means stop and listen in me�nkieli, one of the minority languages of Lapland and the Tornevalley.