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Links
Scandinavian-American Old-time Fiddle Music:
Foot-notes. A band from Decorah, Iowa that plays Scandinavian-American old-time music for dances and festivals. Beth Hoven Rotto is the lead fiddler, who has also done quite a lot of research into the history of Norwegian-American fiddling in and around Decorah.
www.footnotesdance.com
LeRoy Larson and the Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble. A long time provider of Scandinavian-American old-time dance music and original Norwegian-American compositions. Larson is a composer as well as a great banjo player. Art Bjorngjeld is the current fiddler in the band.
www.musicoutfitters.com/artists/larson.htm
Skålmusik. A band from Minnesota that performs gammeldans music (old dance music from Norway) as well as Scandinavian-American old-time. Besides being a fiddle maker, Paul Wilson plays fiddle in the group.
www.brainerd.net/~pwilson/skalmusik/
The Norskedalen Trio. While this ensemble from Wisconsin doesn't have a Website, it is possible to buy a polka music cd with a few of their tunes from this site. They play music that emigrants brought from Gudbrandsdalen, Norway as well as music that has become known by Norwegian-Americans in western Wisconsin. Tip Bagstad, whose family came from Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, is the lead fiddler. Besides this cd, Deep Polka: Dance Music from the Midwest, the group has other cds available.
www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1055052/a/Deep+Polka:+Dance+Music+From+the+Midwest
Voyager Recordings and Publications. This record label specializes in old-time fiddle and traditional acoustic music. One of their recording artists is Jeff Anderson, a fiddler from Washington state who plays Norwegian-American music that he learned from old recordings of his grandfather.
www.voyagerrecords.com
American Fiddlers Playing Norwegian Bygdedans Music
Loretta Kelley. One of the premier hardanger fiddlers born in America (and not of Norwegian heritage!). Although based on the east coast, she travels to various areas of the U.S. for performances. She specializes in music from Telemark, Norway. Kelley was one of Julane's first teachers of the hardanger fiddle.
http://users.erols.com/s526/Loretta.html
Andrea Een. Also a former teacher of Julane's. Having been a professor of violin, viola, and hardanger fiddle at St. Olaf College since 1977, Een has received the St. Olav medal from Kind Harald V of Norway for her promotion of greater knowledge of Norwegian culture abroad. She knows many tunes from Voss, Norway, where she has family roots. She has studied with some of Norway'f finest fiddlers, and she is currently in demand as a teacher and performer of the hardanger fiddle.
www.andreaeen.com
Karen Torkelsen Solgård. A former cellist, Karen is one of the few Norwegian-Americans who have taken on the playing of Norwegian traditional music on the hardanger fiddle. She is based out of Minnesota, and she plays gammeldans tunes as well as the older, bygdedans music.
http://mnfolkarts.org/karen_tork/karen_tork.html
Elizabeth Weis. An ethnomusicologist, Elizabeth (known as Becky by friends) plays both the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and the Swedish Nyckelharpa. She currently lives in Minnesota, and is available to give lectures as well as performances.
http://mnfolkarts.org/elizabeth/elizabeth.html
Organizations and Publications about Fiddling
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America. This group preserves and promotes the Norwegian hardanger fiddle in America, along with the dance that accompanies it. The main emphasis is on bygdedans music.
www.hfaa.org/
A North Dakota Old-Time Fiddler's Page. From this site one can find out what Norwegian-American old-time fiddlers, as well as fiddlers in general, are doing in North Dakota.
http://fiddle-nd.org/
Old-Time Herald. A magazine dedicated to old-time music. A great resource.
www.oldtimeherald.org
Fiddler Magazine. A wonderful resource for fiddlers of many genres.
www.fiddle.com/
Northside Records. This record label offers "contemporary roots" music from Scandinavia, including many musicians from Norway.
www.noside.com/
Fiddlers from Norway
Per Anders Buen Garnås. From Telemark, Per Anders is one of the best younger players of the Norwegian hardanger fiddle. He comes from a family steeped in the tradition. This site has Norwegian text.
www.peranders.no/
Jan Beitohaugen Granli. Jan is also considered to be one of the best young hardanger fiddlers from Norway. He also has family ties to this traditional music.
www.folknorth.org/detail.asp?lang=fi&Nr=1469
Trio Hardanger. Champion fiddlers Åse Teigeland, Frank Rolland, and Knut Hamre base their arrangements on traditional melodies from the area of Hardanger, in Norway. Hardanger is the region in Norway that the hardanger fiddle was named for. New, interesting harmonies are created in their group. Julane has had Frank Rolland as a teacher in 2001.
www.2l.no/artists/2L12artist.htm
Per Sæmund Bjørkum. Per Sæmund plays the conventional fiddle, and he is an expert in the music of Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. He also is a great violinist, and teaches violin and folk music in Oslo at a university there. He has also been a teacher of Julane's. This site has an excerpt about him and one of his cds, Berg og Vatn (Mountain and Water).
www.mic.no/mic.nsf/printstory/art2003070210424345097734
Ånon Egeland. Ånon is a great multi-instrumentalist. He plays guitar, English citern, the oud, a variety of flutes, and he is known as one of the best jaw harp players in Norway. Besides this, he is also famous as a fiddler. He plays mostly tunes from Agder, in Norway, on both the hardanger fiddle and the conventional fiddle. He is one of the teachers that Julane has learned most from. His latest CD is fantastic. It can be bought from this site.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/egeland_anon/159943/album.jhtml
Norwegian Information
Norwegian Embassy and Consulates General. Get news about Norway, find out about events taking place there, and learn about travel procedures.
www.norway.com
Sons of Norway. This insurance company doubles as a fraternal organization. Their goal is to preserve and promote Norwegian heritage. Help is offered for those interested in their genealogy, and many lodges offer classes in Norwegian language, rosemaling (folk painting), etc.
www.sofn.com/home/index.jsp
InfoNorway. This is a site that is loaded with 3,500 links to various Norway-related topics, all sorted and organised for easy browsing.
www.infonorway.com
Nordic Heritage Museum. Located in Seattle, Washington, this museum houses exhibits relating to the emigration of Scandinavians.
www.nordicmuseum.org/
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. This museum is located in Decorah, Iowa, which was a large settlement area for Norwegian-Americans. It is home to the yearly summer festival called Nordic Fest.
http://vesterheim.org/index.php
Oakenwald Terrace. This lovely Victorian style home is run as a bed and breakfast by Julane's Norwegian-American relatives in scenic southern Minnesota. The beauty of the area, the large collection of musical instruments (you are allowed to play them), and enthusiasm from the owners makes a stay there remarkable. Care to play a waltz, schottische, or polka?
www.oakenwaldterrace.com
Music Related
Bill Hicks, co-founder of the Red Clay Ramblers. An excellent old time fiddler, Bill also has great talent at composing and singing his own tunes. Besides taking note of the music he makes with his wife, Libby, take a look at his latest CD, The Perfect Gig, where he sings rather than playing fiddle!
http://redclayramblers.tripod.com/bill/billpress.html
Sylvain Lacroix, French Canadian dulcimer player. Based out of Quebec, Lacroix performs medieval French music as well as traditional Quebecois music on many styles of dulcimers. Julane recorded with Sylvain for a CD that will be released soon.
www.cordaphone.com
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