Hi Peter,

for me there was quite something. Though being rather rainy I enjoyed
being at Korro for the first time. Nice little festival with loads of
great music and and dancing. Vasen (Trio) and Ranarim being the hot spots,
but countless others to follow closely. I also got hold of some
fascinating albums by artists I didn't know before like Raun or finally
Hurdy Gurdy Project - very special what both get out of this instrument.
Besides that I was dancing (and teaching) a lot both in Sweden and
Germany, basically to rather traditional music - Nyckelharpsfolket would
be one to name here.

Cheers
Klaus

PS: Are you also on the "newnordicroots" list? I will send this to both in
any case.


On Tue, 9 May 2006, pplolli wrote:

> Yes, Klaus, it was once a forum for a lot of discussion. Now I rarely get
anything but spam
> from this list, but I haven't cancelled my membership. Judging by the
enthusiasm at last
> year's Nordic Roots Festival, there's still a lot of interest and some new
fans. I don't know if
> they meet on-line or anywhere at all. A question for you all out there...what
was your best
> Nordic Folk related moment of the last year? For myself, I will answer,
betraying my rock
> roots, that I was blown away (almost literally; I was in the front row) by
Gåte and their lead
> singer at the Nordic Rootrs Festival. Sorry to hear they've disbanded. It
was also great to
> hear some new music, with Estonian connections no less, from Garmarna. I'm
looking
> forward to a new CD with Emma's ethnomusicological explorations and some
impressive
> hurdy gurdy playing.
>
> Peter
>