Folk Live

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the Danish trio Twang, in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Twang sings a mix of covers, traditional stuff and songs that they write them self, often together. The band is Spencer Gross on guitar, double bass and vocals, Thyge van Dassen on violin and vocals, and Peter Banks Johns on banjo, double bas and vocals.The trio which is Danish but has roots in the US, has four albums out, the latest called ‘Propaganda’, and on their website you can read the following statement: ’Twang is like a three-legged stool, where each musician is one of the legs. Only with all three legs is Twang Twang. Each member pulls in their own direction, but together, they ensure a unique musical balance. Twang never loses control as a united band, keeping each other grounded and making each other soar’ Nov, It’s concert time and the band starts out with Buffalo Radio …. Folk Live was brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info at www.twang.dk This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe. Thank you for listening! + Kending

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the Danish-Swedish band, Trio Mio, in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Danish Kristine Heebøll on the violin, and Peter Rosendahl on piano and wurlitzer, and Swedish Jens Ulvsand on the bouzouki, guitar and vocals, are all very experienced musicians coming from different backgrounds, and brought together by a sincere joy of playing together, and a shared love for music. All three musicians contribute to the repertoire featuring new music that they compose themself, inspired by jazz, classical, folk and world music. Peter Rosendahl comes from the Danish jazz scene, and Jens Ulvsand has been working with world music in Sweden and in West Africa, and Kristine has been raised on traditional Danish music and dancing.The band has published six albums, and are working on their seventh as we speak.So now it is time for us to listen to Trio Mio, and they start out with a tune by Jens Ulvsand called Channerwick Polska…Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info at www.triomio.dk This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring Danish The Mukherjee Development in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Danish/American/Indian frontman Oscar Mukherjee grew up in California, before moving to Denmark in his teens. The Mukherjee Development embraces his three different cultural backgrounds, with songs about devotion and identity in multi-cultural 21st century.The band was formed at the height of of the pandemic in 2020, and is now touring Denmark and Sweden all year round. The Mukherjee Development is:Oscar Mukherjee on vocal and guitar, Jacob Holm on guitar, Søren Bigum on guitar, steel guitars and keyboards, Henrik Poulsen on bass, and Søren Poulsen on drums.Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info at www.themukherjeedevelopment.comThis concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the duo Svøbsk in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Maren Halberg on accordion and Jørgen Dickmeiss on violin, guitar and vocals, has been performing together for more than 20 years, and they have been touring in countries like Germany, Østrig, Sweden, Norway, Island, Greenland, and India with their mix of traditional and original music. In 2023, they received a Danish Music Award (Danish 'Grammy'), as Roots Name of the Year.The band name ‘Svøbsk’ is actually the name of an old and pretty wild dance, and during this concert the band did introduce a young dancer, Asbjørn Melvin, who did some solo dancing during the first and the last tune of the concert, inspired by Scandinavian traditional dancing, but with a ‘acrobatic’ twist.So now it is time for us to listen to the Danish duo Svøbsk, and they start out with a tune called Uptown Davinde, and Davinde is the village on the Danish island of Fyn (Funen), where Jørgen Dickmeiss and Maren Hallberg lives…Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info about the duo at www.svobsk.dk This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, Thank you for listening! Kending

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the Danish band, Som os, in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.The Danish band Som Os (Meaning ‘Like Us’) are describing them self as a Nordic Folk Fusion Band consisting of musicians from mixed musical backgrounds. The band is relatively young and they released their first album, Mosaik, in 2023. The five members of the band are:Annelene Toft Christensen on the violin, Tim Ewé Bjerre on trompet, Jakob Kragesand on double bass, Chris Falkenberg on drums and Michael Hornhaver Mortensen on guitar. They come from all over Denmark and they are rooted in different genres, genres like folk music, jazz, metal, and balkan music.So now it is time to consider making a tik-tok video of you yourself dancing around in your living room, while listening to the Danish band Som Os playing Nordic Folk Fusion at Tønder Festival 2024. And the band start out by playing violinist Annelene Toft Christensen’s tune ‘Lyden af Frihed’, The Sound of Freedom.Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info at www.somosband.dk This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and my name is Morten Alfred Høirup. Thank you for listening! + Kending

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the Danish singer, songwriter and producer, Simone Tang, in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Simone Tang is writing about forbidden love, perfectionism, community and sibling relationships, and she is working with an acoustic sound, stripped down to guitar and vocals. In this concert she is being assisted by her good friend, the producer, singer and guitar player, Søren Mancher.So now it is time for us to listen to Simone Tang, and she is starting out with her own song, Hey Little Love. Simone told me that this is song about feeling a sadness about not being able to return somebody’s love for you, and to be sufficient in that relationship. And about a desire to spare the other person for pain.Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival and The Danish Arts Council. You will find much more info at https://www.facebook.com/SimoneTangOfficial/This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, thank you for listening

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast, Folk Live, my name is Morten Alfred Høirup and in this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the band Maja Kjær si Orkester in a concert recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Maja Kjær is a Danish fiddler and composer who has been touring Europe, Australia, the USA and Canada, amongst others, solo, and in different musical constellations, playing traditional as well as new music.She is an enterprising musician with a great desire to create new music, and new concert formats.Maja Kjær si Orkester - meaning ‘Maja Kjær’s Orchestra’, in a dialect from Jutland in Denmark - is a new band consisting of the following musicians: Maja Kjær Jacobsen and Signe Kierkegaard Schmidt on fiddles, George Mihalache on cymbalom, Jacob Hee Lund on percussion and Rasmus Svale on Tuba.The band just released their debut album, named ‘Landing’, containing tunes that Maja did compose during the last 18 years. But now it is time for us to join Maja Kjær si Orkester’s concert, and the first tune is called Nordmanden.You will find much more info at www.majakjaersiorkester.dk/ This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and my name is Morten Alfred Høirup. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the band Sylfide, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.The songs of the young singer, songwriter and harp player, Helene Tungelund, might be rooted in Danish and Nordic traditions, but they are also very much relating to the world that we are living in right now. The singer herself put it this way: “For me working with folk music and cultural heritage is an attempt to understand myself and the world that has shaped me, for better or for worse.”The songs that Helene Tungelund writes, are dealing with topics like climate change, feminism, and mental health. The band consists of young musicians already known on the Danish music scene:Jonathan Fjord Bredholt plays the piano and the synthesizer, Emil Ringtved Nielsen plays electric bass guitar and stomp, Jonas Lærke Clausen plays the violin, and Helene Tungelund masters the harp and the vocals. Sylfide was awarded a Danish Music Award, the Danish ‘Grammy’, as ‘new Roots Name of the year’, and another one as ‘Roots Track of the Year’ in 2022.This podcast is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival, and the Danish Arts Council. Recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and hosted by Morten Alfred Høirup. Much more info at: www.sylfide.com

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the vocal quartet HØST recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.The four women in the award winning vocal quartet HØST, got together with a shared vision of creating a vocal playground. Using nothing but their voices they interpret and challenge the traditions of Nordic folk music as well as modern polyphonic singing.In 2023 they published their first album, Fuglesang (Bird Song) as a tribute to nature and the power of the human voice. HØST is a new vocal response to the Danish folk music scene, but the four members of the quartet are already well known as singers as well as instrumentalists from quite a few folk and folk related bands. The members of HØST are: Liv VesterMaja FreeseFilippa WesterbergLene Høst HØST starts out with the song Ravnen - The Raven - written by Lene Høst, which family name HØST meaning Harvest has given the quartet its name.  

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the quartet Folkens recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.Folkens is an ensemble of four, featuring two musicians and two dancers. They are all passionated about showing and promoting dance and music in a melting pot of both new and old material. It all come alive and present when Folkens shine with a mix of close duo playing and swirling couple dancing.Well, you may or you may not be able to hear Kirstine Nurdug Jensen and Christian Thorvaldsen feet on the floor, but you might feel their present on stage, in this recording. And you will definitely be able to hear Kristine Heebøll playing the violin and Jesper Vinther playing the accordion.The two of them has been playing together for many years, and in this band they perform a blend of traditional Danish dance music and their own material. The concert was recorded by Peter Hellesøe and mixed by Jesper Vinther. Hosted in English by Morten Alfred Høirup

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk ’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the trio AZUR AZUR recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.AZUR AZUR has created their own unique sound universe around the young double bass player, Frederik Mensink’s acute and atmospheric compositions. But occasionally the rest of the band members compose for the trio’s well. The music has been described as: ‘Modern instrumental folk music with a cool Nordic tone, that combines traditional Scandinavian folk music and jazzy improvisations’.Frederik Mensink grew up with folk music and he has studied a Master in folk music at the Danish National Academy of Music. In fact all together the musicians in AZUR AZUR has studied folk music, world music, nyckleharpa, drama and improvisation, at conservatories in Scandinavian cities like Esbjerg, Aarhus, Gothenburg and Stockholm. Frederik Mensink formed the trio in 2019, and it consists of Frederik himself on bass, Rasmus Brinck on nyckelharpe and Jonathan Fjord Bredholt on piano.AZUR AZUR starts this concert with Jonathan Fjord Bredholt’s tune ‘Aksels Første’…

In this podcast we will be featuring the Danish band Optur recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of august every year. Violinist Søren Korshøj is an experienced musician and composer who started the band Optur to play for dancing at the Danish folk festival Musik over Præstø Fjord.From the very beginning Søren was aware that he wanted to work with musicians from different genres, so that they could challenge the traditionel sound of Nordic dance music. They call the new sound for Nordic Free Folk. An important idea behind the this new project has been to bring together an ensemble capable of playing dance music with an edge, leaving room for improvisation, and an occasional humorous hint. The name ‘Optur’ is Danish slang for the feeling you get when things all add up in a way that is totally positive in every sense of the word.Optur is: - Søren Korshøj (Violin, Vocals, Composer)- Michael Fleron (Saxophones)- Jens Christian Andersen (Double bass)- Heidi Luke (Drums)

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the band Solsort, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder festival, that runs the last weekend of August every year.Solsort means Blackbird and the band is build around the Danish singer and songwriter Betina Følleslev. The band is featuring songs written by Betina Følleslev, sometimes co-written with good friends, but also songs that many bands already know as part of their cultural heritage.The band Solsort is:Betina Følleslev (Vocal)Jacob Chano Lundby (Percussion)Rune Højmark (Guitar, mandolin)M.C. Hansen (Guitar)Lene felding (Cello)All the members contributes with backing vocals.

FOLK LIVE - DANISH FIDDLE QUARTETWelcome to RadioFolk.dk ’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the Danish Fiddle Quartet, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.The Danish Fiddle Quartet was started by the violinist and singer, Jørgen Dickmeiss. Jørgen is normally playing a lot of traditional and newly composed music with his wife, in a duo called Svøbsk. But during the last few years he has been working on new string arrangements, partly for some of his own compositions and songs, but also for a few traditional tunes, and even for some music by the world famous Danish composer, Carl Nielsen, who lived from 1865 to 1931.Ever since the Danish Fiddle Quartet began playing together not so long ago, they have released the album, Nattens Favn, The Embrace of the Night. Also the other violinist, Ditte Fromseier, who has also played a lot of roots, folk and trad music, has started writing new material for the quartet. They call their music for ‘Chamber Folk’. The two other members of the Quartet are Mathilde Holding who plays the cello, and Bruno Sanches who plays the viola. Both are from the classical world of music.Folk Live is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival, and the Danish Arts Council.You will find more info about the Danish Fiddle Quartet at www.danishfiddlequartet.dkThis concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and produced and hosted by Morten Alfred Høirup. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to this special edition of the podcast Folk Live, where we feature a number of Danish bands, who participated in the showcase Folk Spot Denmark at the great Danish Tønder Festival 2023.Folk Spot Denmark is a showcase festival focusing on Danish roots and folk music, presenting traditional Danish music as well as new folk and roots music, both of which are thriving and developing explosively in Denmark today.In addition to showcase concerts, the Folk Spot Denmark event also includes a number of meet'n'greets, network meetings, speed dinners and much more for an invited delegation of Danish and international music business people... and lots of good music from the rest of Tønder Festival's main program.This podcast is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival, and the Danish Arts Council.

Der var engang et lille orkester som kaldte sig Danish Dia Delight. Ja helt lille var det nu ikke, for de var fem spillefolk, og de mødtes for at starte noget op med fokus på dansk folkemusik.I dette afsnit af Folk Live skal du høre en optagelse fra Kaustinen Folk Festival i 1997, hvor bandet spillede dét der skulle vise sig at blive deres sidste koncert nogensinde.Dengang i 90'erne var det meget populært at spille irsk, fransk-canadisk, amerikansk og cubansk musik herhjemme i Danmark, og når man rejste ud i verden vidste folk slet ikke at der findes noget der hedder dansk folkemusik - de troede at det var ligesom svensk eller tysk musik.Nå, men de fem spillefolk mødtes på initiativ af den danske harmonikaspiller Carl Erik Lundgaard. Carl Erik var den ældste og han var allerede dengang kendt fra folkemusiktrioen Lang Linken som både spillede koncerter og til dans over det ganske land, men også sommetider udenfor landets grænser.Carl Erik og hans venner i Lang Linken spillede traditionel musik såvel som ny musik som de selv komponerede, og det gav Carl Erik blod på tanden. Så i 1993 udgav han soloalbummet To-rader på dansk hvor han sammen med et hold gæstemusikere spillede musik han selv havde skrevet.I 1994 danner Carl Erik Lundgaard så bandet Danish Dia Delight der, som navnet antyder, sætter spotlight på ny dansk folkemusik i almindelighed, og på den diatoniske harmonika Carl Eriks favorit-instrument - i særdeleshed.Vært: Peter Snejbjerg

I dette afsnit af Folk Live skal du til koncert med det dansk, svensk, irsk, skotske band Himmerland. I efteråret 2022 var bandet på turné i Danmark, og den aften hvor de spillede turneens allersidste job - det var på Fermaten i Herning - blev koncerten optaget, og den er den vi skal høre uddrag fra om et øjeblik.Bandet som startedes i 2010, er nok et af de mest berejste folk/roots bands i Danmark med utallige turneer i Europa, Storbritannien, Rusland, Canada, Australien, New Zealand, og Sydamerika.Jeg mødtes med Himmerlands grundlægger og kapelmester, den 67 - årige saxofonist, musikaktivist og koncert- og festivalarrangør Eskil Romme fra Himmerland i Nordjylland - hint bandets navn - og bad ham om at fortælle lidt om projektet.

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the Danish duo Barani, recorded at the famous Tønder Festival that runs during the last weekend of August every year.Anders Ringaard plays the accordion, and Maja Aarøe Freese plays the cello, and they both sing, writes songs and compose music. They also sometimes pic one or two songs from the rich Danish song tradition. Their tunes are inspired by the town of Svendborg at the Danish island of Funen, where they live, and by traditional dance grooves like polka and Schottish.According to Anders Ringgaard the duo is 'composing and playing for an audience that simply loves folk music, but also enoys being challenged when listening to new songs and music now and then'.We are going to listen to about 25 minutes of songs and music by Barani. They will start the concert by playing Anders Ringaard's tune 'Christiansminde', a tribute to a wonderful little beach and meeting point in the town of Svendborg.

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the Danish duo Jørgensen & Sørensen, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.At the end of the 18th century a book full of music was forgotten in an old attic. When it saw the light of the day again about 200 years later, it was like a present for fiddler Stefan Søegaard Sørensen and pianist Kristian Jørgensen, who immediately began picking the book for good music - and they found lots and lots of excellent dance tunes. They have chosen quite a few favorit tunes, tunes that has not been played for 200 years, and they put them together with already known traditional music, as well as some of their own compositions.For this special concert they invited a good friend and fellow fiddler, Kristian Bugge, to join them on stage, and the three of them start out with a traditional Danish tune called 'Pilfinger'...

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the Danish blues musician and singer Copenhagen Slim, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival, that runs the last weekend of August every year.The story goes that in the beginning of his musical career, Nisse Thorbjørn, also known as Copenhagen Slim, was so poor that he would have to borrow a blues harmonica when going out to perform.But that was a long time ago, and now Copenhagen Slim has a Danish Music Award - the Danish 'grammy' - as Danish Blues Artist of the Year, and he is touring the world, including Europe, Australia and Mexico, as a soloist or with his band.In this concert he will be on his own, playing a mix of traditional stuff and classic material. Copenhagen Slim is kicking off his show with a song by the American folk and blues legend, Leadbelly, known for his strong vocals, and virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar.