Nyckelharpa Video Clips

DRONE’s Video Archive

DRONE Music produces great CDs. Take a look at their site, which includes downloadable video clips of Väsen, the Nyckelharpa Orchestra, Pettersson & Fredriksson, Ranarim, and others. (Quicktime format)

Rita Leydon’s Documentaries

If you play the nyckelharpa, or are interested in its traditional roots, check out Rita Leydon’s films! RitaLeydon.com has 60 second trailors and high quality screenshots of every video. See the masters in your own home! Subjects include Hasse Gille, Tore Lindqvist, Nisse Nordström, Peter Hedlund – and more!

TV FolkNet

Recently, an amazing compilation of Scandinavian folk music videos have been compiled and made available for the world to see. Just visit the tvFolk web site. The videos are free (Quicktime format), and showcase recordings from all over Northern Europe. Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia – and more! New videos are added regularly, so bookmark the site. This is a very, very important addition in the preservation and forward movement of musical traditions. Huge thanks to Olle Paulsson, Johan Björnsrud, and Annika Ahlstedt.

YouTube.com

A simple search on youtube.com will provide hours of fun! Here are a few highlights…

• The Nyckelharpa Road Movie, by Nina Winter Österberg & Per-Ulf Allmo
• Nyckelharpa & Harpischord duet with Näsbom / Edlund
• Polska after Sven Donat with Magnus Holmström, Nov ‘07
• Gås-Anders Lillpolska with Leif Alpsjö on Silverbasharpa
• Finnish Tango on Nyckelharpa with Boel, Viksta-stämman ‘07
• Hallingsvit with Fomp
• The Bus with Fomp
• Knäppgöken with Peter “Puma” Hedlund
• TIENNOrchestra aka The Italian-European Nyckelharpa Network Orchestra

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