Back to everyday life (sigh) after a beautiful weekend surrounded by musicians at Nyckelharpawochenende Süd in Balingen! 💚

I enjoyed teaching my intermediate class so much and it's always such a pleasure to meet up with the nyckelharpa family from around the globe, to jam and chat and nerd out 💚

If you're looking for really cool, well-organised folkmusic workshop weekends, do check out https://www.nyckelharpawochenende.de - there are also beginner nyckelharpa workshops and an ensemble open to all instruments! This year's Northern Germany edition in May even has a hurdy gurdy class! 👀

Photos by Björn Kaidel!

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Monument by Hansson & Karlsson, released in 1967 on Polydor.

Proto Prog with Bo Hansson of Lord of The Rings fame on organ and Janne Karlsson on drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPuLokTvXxo&list=RDrPuLokTvXxo&start_radio=1

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Lidingö Airport / Canada Lumberyard by Hansson & Karlsson, 7" single released on GP in Sweden.

Hansson & Karlsson was a Swedish duo consisting of Bo Hansson (organ) and Janne Carlsson (drums). The name Carlsson being written with a K instead of a C in the name of the band was initially just a mis-print in an early poster (both spellings being common in Swedish).

The band was active in the last few years of the 1960s and played instrumental jazz fusion, largely based on improvisation and are considered one of the pioneers of progressive rock. Hansson and Carlsson played a few times with Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm, and Hendrix recorded the Hansson & Karlsson piece "Tax Free". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdK2ppzfoQ&list=RDKtdK2ppzfoQ&start_radio=1

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Magician's Hat is an instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson. It is his second solo album, following the successful Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings, and was originally released in Sweden by Silence Records in 1972, with the title Ur trollkarlens hatt.

Like its predecessor, the album was, at least partly, influenced by fairy tale and fantasy themes, with the song "Elidor" having been directly inspired by Alan Garner's 1965 fantasy novel Elidor. Although the album had a similar progressive rock sound to Hansson's first solo album, albeit with a more jazz-tinged flavor, it was not as commercially successful and failed to reach the charts in the UK and the U.S.

In his review of the album for the Allmusic website, Bruce Eder has noted "there is a compelling power to some of this music, as organ, guitar, and synthesizer alternately move out in front".- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deuwepCNFAk&list=OLAK5uy_nAqMGlNU4WD54N4_hngnyVHj-Pa21nV8k

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Released today 16 years ago:

🇸🇪 Melissa Horn "Säg ingenting till mig" – 2009

Tender, honest and beautifully melancholic album with intimate storytelling wrapped in delicate melodies and quiet emotional power...

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Released today 14 years ago:

🇸🇪 Melissa Horn "Innan jag kände dig" – 2011

An intimate, quietly devastating singer-songwriter set where Horn’s close-miked voice and diaristic lyrics chart heartbreak and resilience. The album topped the Swedish chart and also charted in Norway and Denmark...

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