landskappleik

Håkon Høgemo & Trent Bruner: Utan udla, hamborgar

August 5, 2009

Here's a treat – a video of a hamborgar! No, not a hamburger…a hambOrgAr! A hamborgar is a type of Norwegian polka. The video is of Håkon Høgemø and Trent Bruner playing a tune called "Utan udla" (sometimes spelled "Utan utla"), a tune from the Hordaland region of Norway. Høgemø plays the fiddle traditions of [...]

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Rørospols with Margot Sollie and Tom Sears

August 4, 2009

Rørospols (or pols from Røros) is a traditional dance from the Røros area in Sør-Trøndelag province in Norway. Here it is being danced at Norway's national folk music and dance competition, NM i Folkemusikk 2009 (which combined Landskappleiken and Landsfestivalen) by Tom Sears and Margot Sollie. Rørospols has an asymmetrical beat in three. This beat [...]

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Nilsen, Ofsdal, Sunde: Together again after 40 years!

June 27, 2009

Forty years ago — in 1969 — three young and enthusiastic musicians sat in the first row at Norway's national folk music competition in Geilo and heard legendary Hallingdal fiddler Odd Bakkerud play "Fanitullen". Each young man went on to have avery successful music career with folk music playing an important role. Their names? Lillebjørn [...]

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Transport at NM i Folkmusikk

June 24, 2009

Getting around Geilo during NM i Folkemusikk can be a bit of challenging, depending upon where your accommodations are. The Multe Music crew has been staying at the Ro Hotell, right next to the Geilo train station. This is the second time we've stayed here. The rooms are small yet comfortable, the food simple and [...]

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Midsummer in Ål

June 24, 2009

It was a midsummer to remember in Ål as the 2009 NM i Folkemusikk (Norwegian National Championships in Folk Music) began with the first competition and a public dance at the local Folkepark. Well-known Norwegian recording artist Odd Nordstoga opened the evening with a very clever and well-done speech about the historic nature of this [...]

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Multe Music is in Norway!

June 18, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Yes, the Multe Music crew has arrived at Gardemoen Airport, taken the airport express train into Oslo and gotten settled in our digs for the evening, Thon Hotel Astoria. And we'll be taking over the blog for the next couple of weeks as we travel in Norway. There's lots going on in [...]

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Album Review: Rannveig Djønne – Spelferd Heim

June 9, 2009

In 2007, I attended Landskappleiken, one of Norway's two major national folk music competitions, for the fifth time. One of the events was the durspel (diatonic accordion) competition. The second to the last competitor that year was a young woman from the west coast of Norway and her playing brought tears to my eyes. This [...]

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