In a workshop tucked away in the countryside of western Victoria, a fiddlemaker creates unique Norwegian instruments, helping to spice up the dying craft. Traditionally used to play Norwegian folk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The violin that called Tolkien’s hobbits to their quest and sounded the defence of Rohan against an orc army is to be auctioned ...

A taste of Scandinavia! Norwegian-American fiddler Karen Solgеrd, from Minnesota, joins us live in the studio for folk music and conversation. ... Sep 08, 2006 — A taste of Scandinavia!

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...

Bud Larsen built his first Hardanger fiddle when he was in the seventh grade. Now 80 years old, he’s built more than 40 of the instruments and repaired well over 100. He learned the craft from Gunnar ...

This evocation of an aspect of country life is part of a radical reinterpretation of Edvard Grieg’s 19 Norske Folkeviser (19 Norwegian Folk Songs), composed in 1896. The first piece in the cycle is ...

The violin that called Tolkien’s hobbits to their quest and sounded the defence of Rohan against an orc army is to be auctioned next month. Owned and played by former All-Ireland champion fiddle ...

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