This December was truly incredible ! The nyckelharpa, fiddle and I travelled all the way to Hungary for a bunch of concerts with singer-songwriter Csaba L. Bardócz.

The rhythm of that little tour was very intense, playing every day in different locations across Hungary and even twice one day, yet we still found time to indulge in sweet poppy seeds rolls, copious amounts of tea and unashamed bad puns. Some locations were truly incredible, like the Leskowsky Musical Instruments Museum in Kecskemét.

Running everywhere these days to prepare my first tour in what feels like ages. Looking so much forward to my dance workshops in the Netherlands (already sold out ! you Dutchies are crazy for Nordic dances) and to meeting again my colleague Sylvain of Svall Duo, to let the music flow to the entire West Switzerland !
Find all the details of this tour in the Agenda.

Theme of this year's celebration of Nyckelharpa : play repertoire from other instruments' typical repertoire !

So I recorded two reels from Scotland and Shetland islands :

... a Norwegian fiddle pols from Røros (which is said to be necessary to call a fiddler "good") :

... and a Turlough O'Carolan classic for the Irish harp :

The eyes of Europe and a lot of the world are turned to Ukraine while it suffers violent attacks. History is always more complex than we remember and this country is no exception. As a contribution to the awareness to Ukrainian culture, I decided to share a song coming from a very unique community in the country : the Ukrainian Swedes, a Swedish-speaking population first settled in Estonia, then displaced to southern Ukraine. They still exist to this day and have retained some of their language, traditions, and music.

This is a psalm about death and the hope of rebirth, in Swedish dialect, with Estonian harmonies, kept through centuries in Ukraine. For cultures should be about enriching each other, getting inspired, keeping your inner fire alive and making beauty out of it.