Folkemusikk.no 2010Folkemusikk.no 2010http://www.folkmusic.no/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyWed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:51 +0200 Hardanger fiddler Knut Hamre is releasing a new album of traditional and new tunes called "Ferd" (Journey). Hamre is one of Norway's foremost performers of the hardanger fiddle with a long carrier as soloist and member of various ensembles. Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:51 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/ferd.4830057.html http://www.folkmusic.no/ferd.4830057.html As a child he picked coffee beans in the rainforest in the north of Ivory Coast. Today he is a drum master from Holmlia in Oslo, with a musical career spanning from playing in bands with Robert Burås and Mory Kante to establishing his own band Touba Orchestra. Now they are releasing the album "Baba Toulenga - in my father's shadow". Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:55:23 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/baba-toulenga-in-my-fathers-shadow.4813235.html http://www.folkmusic.no/baba-toulenga-in-my-fathers-shadow.4813235.html The sparkling Norwegian duo Sudan Dudan are finally ready to release their follow-up of the previous success recording Sudan Dudan. Their new album is a compilation of old songs dressed in a mix of Norwegian and Anglo American folk traditions. This is singer songwriter music from the valleys of Norway! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/kari-og-ola.4802336.html http://www.folkmusic.no/kari-og-ola.4802336.html - The intention with this recording has not been to mimic an archaic playing style, but rather to acknowledge what the style has meant to Jan Beitohaugen Granli and show the inherent power of this music. The forgotten tunes and strange fingerings of the fiddlers at Beitohaugen seem to be fading from contemporary traditional music, the record label ta:lik states about this brand new album from master fiddler Jan Beitohaugen Granli. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:19:39 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/hardanger-fiddle-music-from-valdres.4801942.html http://www.folkmusic.no/hardanger-fiddle-music-from-valdres.4801942.html African music is most commonly associated with rhythm, festivity and color. “Bako”, however, provides storytelling and a deeper, contemplative expression in which rhythm has an integral part. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/kouame-sereba-releases-ambient-afrobeat.4797970.html http://www.folkmusic.no/kouame-sereba-releases-ambient-afrobeat.4797970.html At certain points, folk singing and fiddle playing were regarded as the purest of sins. On the album "Salme, segn og solbøn" (Psalm, tale and sun prayer), the siblings Ingvill Marit and Per Anders Buen Garnås explore the fine lines between religion and superstition in traditional music from the south eastern part of Norway. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:56:31 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/norwegian-traditional-music-between-religion-and-superstition.4795398.html http://www.folkmusic.no/norwegian-traditional-music-between-religion-and-superstition.4795398.html Under the title "A time to cry", the Norwegian record label Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) is now releasing a CD recorded this spring in a threatened Palestine home in East Jerusalem. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:02:10 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/a-time-to-cry.4795016.html http://www.folkmusic.no/a-time-to-cry.4795016.html Revealing intense musical details, the new CD In Folk Style sets a new standard for the performance of Edvard Grieg's "Suite From Holberg's Time". In addition the folk musicians and soloists Gjermund Larsen and Emilia Amper perform two their own pieces on the Album. Thu, 20 May 2010 12:10:00 +0200 http://www.folkmusic.no/passionate-play-with-folk-songs.4785482.html http://www.folkmusic.no/passionate-play-with-folk-songs.4785482.html For a number of years the duo of Sondre Bratland and Annbjørg Lien has been performing in concerts in Norwegian churches. This CD, "Alle vegne" (Everywhere), presents their fully ripened versions of Norwegian religious folk songs. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:50:06 +0100 http://www.folkmusic.no/alle-vegne.4763825.html http://www.folkmusic.no/alle-vegne.4763825.html "I have lived through the different seasons in the arctic nature and I have become aware of the sounds of nature. Each season has its own shade of sound", Johan Sara jr. states about his new CD release with Sami yoik. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:17:54 +0100 http://www.folkmusic.no/transmission.4763318.html http://www.folkmusic.no/transmission.4763318.html