The latest record from Seattle fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld is a wide-ranging collection of traditional folk tunes, originals, and early music titled “Duets Abroad.” Why not let Ruthie introduce it? Last year I traveled to Finland, Denmark, France and Hungary to record duets with some of my favorite European musicians: Petri Hakala, Tapani Varis, Pekka Pentikäinen, [...]
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Ruthie Dornfeld: Duets Abroad (MP3)
Posted in accordion, acoustic, bagpipes, fiddle, mandolin, old-time, Scandinavian, traditional, world, tagged accordion, acoustic, bagpipes, fiddle, mandolin, old-time, Scandinavian, traditional, world on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Väsen Street (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, fiddle, nyckelharpa, Scandinavian, traditional, viola, world, tagged acoustic, fiddle, nyckelharpa, Scandinavian, traditional, viola, world on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Swedish folk supergroup Väsen will release Väsen Street (NorthSide) on August 18, 2009. Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa), Roger Tallroth (guitar) and Mikael Marin (viola) have toured together for 20 years and are celebrating the milestone with this new recording. The repertoire here consists of newly composed material, old Väsen favorites not recorded earlier, and some traditional [...]
Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, fiddle, old-time, Scandinavian, traditional, world, tagged acoustic, Celtic, fiddle, old-time, Scandinavian, traditional, world on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend was my Annual Desktop Clearance, and what do you think I found buried deep amid the soggy beer coasters, coffee-stained music store receipts, and fuzzy spiders? The three-track demo CD from the Boston-based neo-trad fiddle outfit that calls itself Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers, which I had picked up almost a [...]



