Lifted from her latest album, Golden Loam, 'Ma's Maw' is Laurel Premo's slack-tuned take on gorrlaus, a traditional strand of Norwegian fiddle music. 

The accompanying video features the emotive choreography of dancer Ådne Geicke Kolbjørnshus, who intensifies the music's deeply melancholic mood with moves drawn from the traditional halling dance. This Norwegian national dance is usually a conduit for joyful celebration, but here Kolbjørnshus combines it with deft manoeuvres borrowed from other genres to trace a more doleful story.

Golden Loam will be reviewed in the January/February 2022 issue of Songlines. Never miss an issue – subscribe today