Folk Live Morten Alfred Høirup

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the band Sylfide, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.
The songs of the young singer, songwriter and harp player, Helene Tungelund, might be rooted in Danish and Nordic traditions, but they are also very much relating to the world that we are living in right now. The singer herself put it this way: 
“For me working with folk music and cultural heritage is an attempt to understand myself and the world that has shaped me, for better or for worse.”
The songs that Helene Tungelund writes, are dealing with topics like climate change, feminism, and mental health. The band consists of young musicians already known on the Danish music scene:
Jonathan Fjord Bredholt plays the piano and the synthesizer, Emil Ringtved Nielsen plays electric bass guitar and stomp, Jonas Lærke Clausen plays the violin, and Helene Tungelund masters the harp and the vocals. 
Sylfide was awarded a Danish Music Award, the Danish ‘Grammy’, as ‘new Roots Name of the year’, and another one as ‘Roots Track of the Year’ in 2022.
This podcast is being brought to you by RadioFolk.dk, Folk Spot Denmark and Tønder Festival, supported by Spot Festival, and the Danish Arts Council. Recorded and mixed by Peter Hellesøe, and hosted by Morten Alfred Høirup. Much more info at: www.sylfide.com

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the vocal quartet HØST recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.
The four women in the award winning vocal quartet HØST, got together with a shared vision of creating a vocal playground. Using nothing but their voices they interpret and challenge the traditions of Nordic folk music as well as modern polyphonic singing.
In 2023 they published their first album, Fuglesang (Bird Song) as a tribute to nature and the power of the human voice. 
HØST is a new vocal response to the Danish folk music scene, but the four members of the quartet are already well known as singers as well as instrumentalists from quite a few folk and folk related bands. The members of HØST are: 
Liv Vester
Maja Freese
Filippa Westerberg
Lene Høst 
HØST starts out with the song Ravnen - The Raven - written by Lene Høst, which family name HØST meaning Harvest has given the quartet its name.  

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk’s podcast Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the quartet Folkens recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.
Folkens is an ensemble of four, featuring two musicians and two dancers. They are all passionated about showing and promoting dance and music in a melting pot of both new and old material. 
It all come alive and present when Folkens shine with a mix of close duo playing and swirling couple dancing.
Well, you may or you may not be able to hear Kirstine Nurdug Jensen and Christian Thorvaldsen feet on the floor, but you might feel their present on stage, in this recording. 
And you will definitely be able to hear Kristine Heebøll playing the violin and Jesper Vinther playing the accordion.
The two of them has been playing together for many years, and in this band they perform a blend of traditional Danish dance music and their own material.
The concert was recorded by Peter Hellesøe and mixed by Jesper Vinther. Hosted in English by Morten Alfred Høirup

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk ’s podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast, we will be featuring the trio AZUR AZUR recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of August every year.
AZUR AZUR has created their own unique sound universe around the young double bass player, Frederik Mensink’s acute and atmospheric compositions. But occasionally the rest of the band members compose for the trio’s well. The music has been described as: ‘Modern instrumental folk music with a cool Nordic tone, that combines traditional Scandinavian folk music and jazzy improvisations’.
Frederik Mensink grew up with folk music and he has studied a Master in folk music at the Danish National Academy of Music. In fact all together the musicians in AZUR AZUR has studied folk music, world music, nyckleharpa, drama and improvisation, at conservatories in Scandinavian cities like Esbjerg, Aarhus, Gothenburg and Stockholm. 
Frederik Mensink formed the trio in 2019, and it consists of Frederik himself on bass, Rasmus Brinck on nyckelharpe and Jonathan Fjord Bredholt on piano.
AZUR AZUR starts this concert with Jonathan Fjord Bredholt’s tune ‘Aksels Første’…

In this podcast we will be featuring the Danish band Optur recorded at the famous Danish Tønder Festival that runs the last weekend of august every year. 
Violinist Søren Korshøj is an experienced musician and composer who started the band Optur to play for dancing at the Danish folk festival Musik over Præstø Fjord.
From the very beginning Søren was aware that he wanted to work with musicians from different genres, so that they could challenge the traditionel sound of Nordic dance music. They call the new sound for Nordic Free Folk. 
An important idea behind the this new project has been to bring together an ensemble capable of playing dance music with an edge, leaving room for improvisation, and an occasional humorous hint. 
The name ‘Optur’ is Danish slang for the feeling you get when things all add up in a way that is totally positive in every sense of the word.
Optur is: 
- Søren Korshøj (Violin, Vocals, Composer)
- Michael Fleron (Saxophones)
- Jens Christian Andersen (Double bass)
- Heidi Luke (Drums)

Welcome to RadioFolk.dk's podcast, Folk Live. In this edition of the podcast we will be featuring the band Solsort, recorded at the famous Danish Tønder festival, that runs the last weekend of August every year.
Solsort means Blackbird and the band is build around the Danish singer and songwriter Betina Følleslev. The band is featuring songs written by Betina Følleslev, sometimes co-written with good friends, but also songs that many bands already know as part of their cultural heritage.
The band Solsort is:
Betina Følleslev (Vocal)
Jacob Chano Lundby (Percussion)
Rune Højmark (Guitar, mandolin)
M.C. Hansen (Guitar)
Lene felding (Cello)
All the members contributes with backing vocals.