Halsway 2025
We now tend to go down to the annual nyckelharpa gathering at Halsway only every two years, as it’s a […]
Chromatic nyckelharpa
Nyckelharpa at a session again
Many thanks to Phil for forwarding this photo from Ginebra who was at our session at Leith Depot in September.
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Halsway 2023
A very wet Halsway weekend this year, but we still played lots of music on the nyckelharpa. Time to catch
Session
Glad to get out to a real session; we’re still moving about a bit due to venue availability which hasn’t
Jennifer Fraser of Balmore
Jen is Marwyn’s longest standing friend from primary school days, and this tune was made for her birthday this year.
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Back at Halsway
This time for the nyckelharpa study week with Vicki Swan at Halsway Manor. Vicki was working us extremely hard after
Celebrating the Sunshine
I have been waiting for a suitable occasion in nice weather to record this for a month or two. The
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Marwyn’s new tune
This one came to me a month or two ago. To me it sounds more Scottish than the usual sort
Another session with REAL PEOPLE!
Another chance to play with real people – the nyckelharpa sounded great with two autoharps, and we had the fiddle
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Session with REAL PEOPLE!
At last! Some music played with real people, rather than the unreal Zoom sort! Both the fiddle and the nyckelharpa
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World Nyckelharpa Day 2021
We’re back again! Another celebration of the nyckelharpa. This photo is from 2016; a lot of tunes have gone by
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Escape from lockdown …
A small number of Scandi music enthusiasts, including several nyckelharpa fiends, managed to fit in a weekend of music with
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World Nyckelharpa Day
It’s a while since I collected my lovely nyckelharpa from Olle Plahn in Falun, Sweden, in May 2014. This was
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Prim Strings
When we were in Sweden, I had forgotten to ask someone to bring some nyckelharpa strings to Österbybruk for my
Da Lounge Bar
In Shetland I really wanted to go to a session at the Lounge Bar (famous music pub) and play the
Last Boda Bar Scandi Session
We have been at the Boda Bar for about a year, but it’s closing on Tuesday. The Boda Bar group
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Inverness
We had a great (if very brief) visit to Inverness, to the “Out of the Box” concert where David Chadwick
Steam Packet Session
Another great session at The Steam Packet in Isle of Whithorn with some lovely musicians. Sadly no fiddles there but
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Nyckelharpa – Haddington
I had a set list – reasonably well rehearsed – and had nearly an hour for a solo performance. It
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Österbybruk 2019 videos
Here are videos from the Nyckelharpstämma that I’ve put on YouTube. Thanks Marwyn for doing the recordings, this time on
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New nyckelharpa bow
One object of the trip to Sweden was to pick up a new nyckelharpa bow from Erik Arro in Uppsala.
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