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Norse Fiddle at Home by Karen Solgård
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13 tracks | 37 minutes
Released Nov 2003
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Traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddle echos with the mountains of Norway while rooted in Scandinavian-American farm life. Bradley Greenwald and Carol Sersland, vocals; Dave Berg, bass; and Sigrid Solgård, cow bells.
Bio / Background
This CD bursts with energic music, infectious tempos and rhythms. Throughout is the trancelike drone of Hardanger fiddle reminiscent of bagpipes.
Karen Solgård learned Norwegian folk songs from her mother and grandmother. A favorite memory is the family Saturday-night song fests on the farm, singing, playing and dancing in the living room. Karen trained and worked as a cellist, immersed in classical music, traveled the world, and almost forgot her traditional roots.
And then, a relic "Norwegian violin" in the attic piqued her curiosity and started her on a path to explore this forgotten music of the old country. Nearly 20 years ago, Karen traveled to Norway where she heard Hardanger fiddle (called hardingfele in Norwegian) played by Norwegian masters for the first time and began serious study of the instrument.
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