VASEN
Swedish folk music on nyckelharpa, viola, and guitar
“Enchanting, entrancing, uplifting, lilting, lovely, and just plain
fun!” – Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:30 pm
48th St. and Baltimore Ave. in West Philadelphia (Calvary Church)
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-729-1028
When he first heard the Swedish folk trio Vasen, reflects bluegrass
fiddler Darrol Anger, "it was as if a whole new part of the world
opened up to me. They illuminated a landscape I had never seen before,
but which had been in front of my face all my life. I can’t imagine a
world without that sound now!"
This musical landscape may have global resonance, but it is based on
nickelharpa player Olav Johansson and violist Mikael Marin's home
turf: the villages and village musicians of eastern Sweden, where they
first dug into traditional tunes as teenagers. In the towns and farms
around Uppsala, legends like the farmer-fiddler Viksta Lasse shaped
young musicians with famous dance tunes and madcap stage presence,
while in places like Uppland, instruments like the nyckelharpa, a
keyed fiddle with many drone and sympathetic strings that give it a
rich, otherworldly tone, have long held sway. Roger Tallroth’s guitar,
a distinct departure from tradition, adds an innovative, piquant third
line to the traditional intertwining duos at the heart of Swedish
instrumental music.
The creative spark the trio brings to centuries-old Swedish sounds has
evolved over the group’s two decades playing together, improvising
melodies, and kicking around beloved tunes, new and old. "Väsen is
three soloists really, playing at the same time, but never dominating
the others. Each of us is still very much considering what the others
are doing," Johansson muses. "Very often, we keep three different
lines going in and out of each other. We’re simply telling the same
story in different words."
More information, sound samples, and ticketing at:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org
TICKETS ARE $10-30 AND AVAILABLE AT:
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At the door from 6:30 until we sell out.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Fri 9/25: Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
Sat 10/17: Debashish Bhattacharya
Sat 11/21: Tori Ensemble
Sat 12/5: Oubliette Ensemble and The Factorye
Thu 12/10: Robin & Linda Williams
Sat 12/19: Kyo Daiko & Unidos da Filadelfia
Tue 1/26: International Guitar Night
Sat 4/3: Chulrua
Sat 4/10: Archie Fisher
Fri 5/21: Bruce Molsky & Ale Moller
Crossroads Music's programming is in part supported by the
Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This project
is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency,
through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts
funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends
upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and
from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is
administred in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural
Alliance.
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