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

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!

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.com

This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe. Thank you for listening!

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

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

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

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!

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

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 Vester

Maja Freese

Filippa Westerberg

Lene 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.  

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

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’…

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)

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.

Welcome 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.dk

This concert was recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and produced and hosted by Morten Alfred Høirup. Thank you for listening!

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.

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

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.

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.

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'...

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.

Kajsa Balto is a sámi artist born and raised in Oslo. She works in a cross field between the traditional yoik singing of the sámi people, as well as pop and world music, singing very old songs from Sápmi, the sámi territory in the very North, as well as new songs that she writes herself, or with friends.

For this concert she brought her band which consists of Ragnhild Tronsmo Haugland on the cello, Aleksander Sjølie on guitars, and Mats Mæland Jensen on the drums.

Mathæus Bech is an excellent young bass player with roots in jazz and classical music, as well as in Danish folk music. He strives, as he put it, "..to continue the proud Danish tradition of virtuoso and solo double bassists, and he wants to show a new generation of music lovers that the double bass doesn't have to stand in the background."

Mathæus has a lot of great projects boiling, and I am sure that you will hear more from him in the near future.

For this performance Mathæus Bech chose a handful of good friends and great young musicians to assist him in playing a few of his own compositions. So feel free to take your seat, and something nice to drink, and get ready for quite a concert featuring double bass Mathæus Bech with Sebastian Bloch on guitar, Villads Hoffmann on cittern, Martin Strange on clarinet, and Henriette Flach on violin.

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the Danish Fionia Folk Brothers, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.

Fionia Folk Brothers are five very experienced musicians rooted in traditional Danish dance music, featuring instruments such as fiddle, accordion, double bass and piano, and the music they play comes from every corner of the Danish kingdom.

The band just love to play for traditional dancing - they will bring a dance instructor if you want them to - but they also do quite a few concerts at venues and festivals. They have all learned from the old masters as well as from old and dusty music books and scratchy field recordings from the beginning of the 20th century.

In this concert they will perform traditional dance tunes like Marie's Hopsa, Before the soup, and the Liver Paté Waltz, and they will start up with Jørgen Bricklayers Polka...

Tone of Voice Orchestra is a 10 piece powerhouse of a band that creates a melting pot of genres such as Scandinavian roots, jazz, balkan, blues, americana, and indie-pop, with a unique sound created by four female voices and quite a few instruments, such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, saxophone, violin, flute, cittern, double bass, drums, and percussion.

For the next 30 minutes or so, Tone of Voice Orchestra will introduce you to a number of great new songs written by the the two founders of the band, singer Trinelise Væring and saxophonist Frederik Lundin.  

Phønix are:

Jesper Falch: Percussion

Karen Mose: Vocal/Keys

Anja Præst: Clarinet / Bass clarinet

Jesper Vinther: Accordion.

The music of the four time Grammy-winning group-members are characterized with words like lyrical nordic folk-jazz mixed with Middle-Eastern mystique and Indian rhythms. Simplicity and complexity go hand in hand while topped with challenging and rousing improvisation – altogether, this makes the Band’s sparkling live concerts a very special experience.

The musical universe of WOAS sets itself apart from most groups in the genre of folk-jazz. Here we are dealing with a group of musicians of a very high calibre and therefore it isn’t a surprise that they have drawn attention outside their regular borders and have performed far and wide from home, during the twelve years of their existence.

In 2016 the young extraordinary tabla player Mirwais Fedai joined the group and this new spark of impulse has acted as a catalyst for WOAS’ presently strong collective output, which is more distinct and defined than ever ― a thing which is clearly evident listening to the music from their latest album.

The four members are recognised and highly appreciated for their individual contributions to the Danish music society, with their innumerable collaborations across many genres. More info at: www.worldonastring.dk

Lene Høst and Miriam Ariana are two folk musicians with roots in Scandinavia.

They have travelled and lived in France, Brazil, Sweden and Tanzania, where they have absorbed the different styles of music and cultures of these countries. They met at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Odense, where both studied folk music. Here they discovered a common passion for the interface between music and dance which represents a universal language that has the capacity to unite people across cultures.

With two voices, a violin, piano, and guitar, Lene and Miriam have created a repertoire consisting of cool Scandinavian tones, evocative French ballads and Brazilian rhythms. Since 2018 the cellist and singer, Maja Freese, has been the third member of Vingefang, and currently the band performs both as duo and trio. More info at: www.vingefang.com

Viik is:

Elisabeth Vik - Vocals

Annelene Toft Christensen - Violin

Morten Andersen - Accordion

Villads Hoffmann - Cittern

Jakob Kragesand - Double Bass

Mårten Hillbom - Percussion

With a mix of traditional folk instruments like fiddle, wooden flute and accordion, joined by double bass, piano and guitar, boosted by a full horn section this band creates a powerful, almost bombastic sound in the borderland between traditional folk and big band music.

With twenty instruments played by ten musicians, the energy is high and outgoing and the response is overwhelmingly positive wherever Spöket i Köket is performing.

The band started out in 2015, making a 20-concert tour in four weeks the first summer, and their first record ”Den nya spisen” (The new stove), netted them a nomination for newcomer of the year at the Swedish folk- and world music gala of 2017. 2019 saw the release of their second album ”Château du garage”, which not only landed good reviews and led to extensive touring, but also a nomination for best album at the Danish Music Awards 2019, as well as a nomination to band leader Nisse Blomster for best composer the same year.

2022 will see the release of the third album “Kurbits & flames”, which we predict will be a good year; a small catastrophony that will leave nobody sitting still, or without a smile. More info at: www.spoketikoket.com

Pumping swing rytms, precise breaks and brass riffs from the deep pits of the big-band culture in the name of world music is the mix, when Sherzandum start doing their magical thing!

The bands performance and joy of playing have brought them to all corners of Denmark, which also has given them the price as DK's Folk Talent of the Year in '14 and a showcase at the world-renowned Tønder Festival, where this recording was made.

Sherzandum have recently reloaded the weapons with a new repertoir, along with their first record Yatzy! released in March 2017 and are ready to play all of the festivals in the summer of '17 aiming at creating the biggest party in town - anywhere they go. Sherzandum is:

Hans Ravn: TRUMPET

Carl Mosbech: SAXOPHONE

Christian Herrstedt: TROMBONE

Morten Alkjær: ACCORDION

Jacob Hastrup: PIANO

Jakob Kragesand: DOUBLEBASS

Maximilian Vording: PERCUSSION

More info at: www.sherzandum.dk

The duo consists of one of Denmark's top fiddlers, Michael Graubæk – selected as National Fiddler in 2014. Pianist Theis Langlands has also won several prices. The band has released two albums, one of which was awarded ”Debut of the Year” at Danish Music Awards Folk in 2011. They have played numerous concerts at home and abroad. More info at: www.rannok.dk

”Pøbel” is an old Scandinavian word for ”mob” or ”crowd” and as the name suggests, we like to focus on the music of the common man i.e. the music that ordinary people could have experienced at the faire or at other festive occasions around medieval Europe.

The involved musicians are all very active in the contemporary Scandinavian folk music scene and with Pøbel we like to take the medieval troubadour songs, hymns and anthems and transform them into instrumental dance music based on the idea that art music has influenced folk music anywhere throughout history. The result is a kind of ”medieval folk music” which seems both authentic and timeless. It's basically early music for modern ears!

Mads Kjøller-Henningsen : hurdy-gurdy, shawms, flutes, bagpipes & vocals

Thor Ahlgren : bagpipes, lute, recorder, kaval & vocals

Lasse Væver Jacobsen : medieval fiddles & vocals

Magnus Heebøll : cylindrical drum, frame drum, doumbek, tambourine & vocals

More info at: www.poebel.dk

Since their formation in 2015, Mads Hansens Kapel has played a variety of different concerts in Denmark, Sweden, England, Germany, Estonia, and Finland. Small intimate and moving concerts, traditional danish ballroom dances, and crazy street parties are all on the repetoire of Mads Hansens Kapel. This recording is from Tønder Festival. More info at: www.madshansenskapel.dk

“We live in a globalized world. We grew up on Danish songs and Danish songwriting traditions… and both have a big passion for these Danish songs. But we also grew up on blues and rock and a globalized commercial music market, so combining them seems almost second nature” says Martin Rauff of their approach to making music.

Three angelic voices coupled with two virtuoso fiddles and a groovy rhythmic guitar, they celebrated their world premiere concert to an enthusiastic Berlin audience in late 2009.

Since then the trio has been giving sell-out concerts all over Europe and Scandinavia. More info at: www.huldrelokkk.com

Ditte Fromseier: Violin, vocals

Sigurd Hockings: Guitar, vocals

More info: www.fromseierhockings.com

With a unique combination of instruments this quartet performs handmade music with a scent of dewy pine trees, salty sea breezes, and freshly brewed coffee. They play a mixture of their own compositions and traditional pieces from their respective countries; tender melodies and feisty dance tunes are performed with intriguing harmonies, intensity, humor and the warm acoustic sound of wooden instruments. Take a seat on the sofa and float away! More info at: www.floatingsofaquartet.com

A "sønderhoning" is the name used for a distinctive kind of tune and folk dance that has been performed in the town of Sønderho on Fanø for 300 years now, and which has remained a vibrant and crucial element of the local community even today. It is also the term used do describe the people of Sønderho, where the men have braved the oceans of the world for centuries. Det Yderste Hav endeavours to explore this vital, dynamic cultural identity from a contemporary perspective, and the result is music that is firmly rooted in history while also evoking an intense atmosphere of the entirely unexpected and enchanting. More info at: www.bjorslev.dk