My primary purpose in spending a few days in Helsinki was to pursue the opportunity to explore some musical ideas with my friend Juha. We first met in Sweden in 2007, and although we’ve managed to engineer only a handful…
Furudal – Furudals bruk spelmansstämma
The weekend festivities began with a Friday night concert in the Ore kyrka: the Malung spelmanslag and the Eiwor Kjellberg band. Then many of us repaired to the bruk for a large yet still quite nice jam session, which I…
Örebro – a restful whirlwind visit
I especially look forward to getting to visit my friend and mentor Olle and his family. This time he squeezed me into a busy summer schedule where there reeeeeeeally wasn’t room, but we made the most of it. He took…
Malung – ensemble kurs med Mia & Micke
I’d been waffling about when to schedule this trip to Sweden. The opportunity to join an ensemble class taught by Mia & Micke Marin provided the impetus for committing to these August dates: Mia had posted an invitation on the…