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Instrumental Advent Calendar #6: Langeleik

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 6, 2017 /
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Instrumental Advent Calendar #5: Hichiriki

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 5, 2017 /
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Instrumental Advent Calendar #4: Melodeon

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 4, 2017 /
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Instrumental Advent Calendar #3: Willow Flute

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 3, 2017 /
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Instrumental Advent Calendar #2: Hurdy-gurdy

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 2, 2017 /
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Instrumental Advent Calendar #1: Viola

By Gjermund Kolltveit / December 1, 2017 /

Today it is 1st of December, and I hereby open the first door of my instrumental Advent calendar, consisting of 24 days with 24 musical instruments of all kinds. About on third are instruments made by myself, while others come from other parts of the world. I wish you a peaceful Advent time!

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Ringing rock meets progressve rock on Gazpacho’s new album

By Gjermund Kolltveit / October 23, 2015 /

Not everything one does as a music archaeologist and contemporary Stone Age musician are hidden and out of sight for the public. An example is my participation at Gazpacho’s latest studio album Molok, which is now out. The Norwegian band Gazpacho is actually among the hot names in the genre “post-progressive”. These days the guys…

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Finn Coren releases his new album På jorden et sted

By Gjermund Kolltveit / September 18, 2015 /

Today the musician Finn Coren releases his album På jorden et sted – Utvalgte nordiske dikt (‘Somewhere on Earth – Selected Nordic Poems’), where I appear on some tracks with Hardanger fiddle and kankle. Finn Coren has composed music to poems by famous Nordic poets, including Inger Hagerup, Tarjei Vesaas, Tor Jonsson, Hans Børli, Karin…

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