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