Kristeligt Dagblad (DK)
★★★★★
Songs in the Wind over Mols
There are still musicians who dare to think on a grand scale without losing touch with the fragile. Kristeligt Dagblad reviews five of the most interesting new albums of the moment.
Jakob Buchanan – The Mols Booklet of Melodies
OUR Recordings
On the double album The Mols Booklet of Melodies, composer and trumpeter Jakob Buchanan turns his gaze towards the hills and landscapes of Mols. The music was written in a circus wagon on Thorup Mark, overlooking the countryside, with melodies by the local fiddler Peter Madsen serving as its raw material. Past and present suddenly inhabit the same pulse, and it resonates with a distinctly East Jutland character.
Together with a remarkable ensemble featuring Anders Jormin (double bass), Simon Toldam (piano), and Chris Speed (saxophone), Buchanan brings old dance tunes such as the lively Hopsa på Skødshoved back to life as improvised musical landscapes. Buchanan, who has previously created large-scale works such as Requiem (2015), Songs To The Green Land (2019), On Rosenhill, and Song & Wind (2023), moves closer to the earth this time. The music feels like a walk through Tved and its surroundings.
This is cultural heritage as a living, breathing art form. The local tourist association must be applauding. Andreo Michaelo, June 19

Kristeligt Dagblad (DK)
★★★★★
Sange i vinden over Mols

Der findes stadig musikere, som tør tænke stort uden at miste forbindelsen til det skrøbelige. Kristeligt Dagblad anmelder fem af de mest interessante, aktuelle musikalbum.

Jakob Buchanan. ”The Mols Booklet of Melodies”. OUR Recordings.

På dobbeltalbummet ”The Mols Booklet of Melodies” vender omponisten og trompetisten Jakob Buchanan blikket mod Mols Bjerge. Musikken er skrevet i en cirkusvogn på Thorup Mark med udsigt over landskabet og med noder af den lokale spillemand Peter Madsen som råmateriale.
Fortid og nutid bor pludselig i samme takt, og den klinger altså meget østjysk.
Med sit hold af musikere, som tæller Anders Jormin (kontrabas), Simon Toldam (piano) og Chris Speed (sax), får Buchanan gamle dansemelodier, som den livlige ”Hopsa på Skødshoved”, til at genopstå som improviserede landskabsskildringer. Buchanan, som tidligere har skabt store orkesterværker som ”Requiem” (2015), ”Songs To The Green Land” (2019), ”On Rosenhill” og ”Song & Wind” (2023), bevæger sig denne gang tættere på jorden. Musikken føles som en vandring i Tved og omegn. Det her er kulturarv som levende stof. Den lokale turistforening må klappe i hænderne. Andreo Michaelo, June 19th