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keyed fiddle thor

Nyckelharpa-player from Sweden

About Me

My name is Thor.

I live in Uppland, a county located not far away from Stockholm in the northern direction. When I do not study, work, read or generally consume coffee or tea, I play the Swedish traditional keyed fiddle and have, I think, played since the year of 2002.

This is the village in which I am currently staying. It is a source of inspiration and a location for music-doing, studying and history-related work, as well as its wonderful English garden.

Except for the nyckelharpa I intend to learn how to play the hurdy-gurdy and banjo.

I still have a long way to go with my instrument. Maybe this Internet community will help me in some way on that road. Especially since I do some travelling.

Feel free to write me a message.

Thor

/Span

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/28/2007
Band Members:
Folkclub Frankfurt
* * *
With Helena and Adela
Trio @ Myspace
* * *
Trip to the UK with Marcus on guitar

- the 22nd to 30th of July!
Influences: Many, if not all, things around me influence, but I suppose
the folk music, with its culture and its musicians,
my travels,
Antonin Dvorak,
Carl Michael Bellman
,
The Dubliners
and
all my books,
are some of the more prominent!

Currently reading:
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Babels Hus
Sofies Värld
Down and out in Paris and London
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Around the world in eighty days

Medeltidsveckan.
Foto: Bildproduktion Gotland


I'm originally from the island of Gotland, and its culture and scenery is something very close to my heart:

It is on this island the "Svanpolska" once was composed. If you have the opportunity, visit Katthamradagarna in July! See friends list.

USE

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Reseskildring, Tyskland våren 2008

Söndagen den 31/3 på eftermiddagen reste jag från Forsmark med destinationen Stockholm. Jag bytte buss i Östhammar. På bussen satt en dam jag pratade med. Hon var väldigt trevlig och skildrade starkas...
Posted by keyed fiddle thor on Sun, 11 May 2008 05:49:00 PST

Reseskildring, Tyskland 2007

Spelkurs för nyckelharpa på Burg FürsteneckHösten 2007Till TysklandResan börjar utanför Östhammar, mellan Uppsala och Gävle, för att därifrån fortsätta med linjebuss till Uppsala. Det var morgon onsda...
Posted by keyed fiddle thor on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:11:00 PST