Music from the Hills (Music)
With John Uhlemann
Sun Nov 27th 2011 4.00pm–6.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
4:00pm | Bukkene Bruse “Til Sætersdal” from Bukkene Bruse (Grappa 1993) —A famous tune from this Norwegian valley, given a new treatmentBuy it! |
4:07pm | Dalakopa “Pols etter Marta-Johannes” from Dalakopa (Heilo (LP) 1986)Buy it! |
4:09pm | Dalakopa “Hoppvals fra Røros” from Dalakopa (Heilo (LP) 1986) —a hoppvals is in 2/4, not a sort of waltz, in the usual senseBuy it! |
4:11pm | Knut Buen, Leif Rygg & Kåre Nordstoga “Ringjaren (rull)” from Bjølleslåtten: Slåttar etter Ola Mosafinn (1828-1912) (Buen kulturverkstad 1993) —from the fjord district of NorwayBuy it! |
4:13pm | Tom Willy Rustad “Homslien” from Fiolsteinen (Kvarts 2005)Buy it! |
4:19pm | Björn Ståbi, Kalle Almlöf, & Pers Hans “Polska from Rättvik after Pers Erik” from Three Swedish Fiddlers (Shanachie 1991) —our Swedish set begins with 2 tunes from Rättvik, on the shores of lake Siljan in Dalarna, SwedenBuy it! |
4:21pm | Björn Ståbi, Kalle Almlöf, & Pers Hans “Polska from Rättvik after Höök Olof” from Three Swedish Fiddlers (Shanachie 1991)Buy it! |
4:24pm | Mats Berglund, Leo Svensson, Andreas Ralsgård “Pellikvalsen efter Herman Strömberg” from Mats Berglund trio (Giga 2003)Buy it! |
4:26pm | Olov Johansson (with Kalle Almlöf) “Hjort-Anders Stamppolska” from I Lust Och Glöd (Drone 2007) —here featuring the sound of the NyckelharpaBuy it! |
4:28pm | Olov Johansson (with Mikael Marin) “Polska Efter August Bohlin” from I Lust Och Glöd (Drone 2007)Buy it! |
5:35pm | Qwinnen “Brudmarsch från Skellet” from gla'pack.qwinnen (CDA 1997)Buy it! |
4:38pm | Svanevit “Lagerfeldt (polska efter Nils Lagerfeldt, Skåne)” from Svanevit (Nordic Tradition 2005) —Skåne is in southern Sweden, adjacent to SmålandBuy it! |
4:41pm | Toste Länne, Marie Persson* Magus Gustafsson “Östgötasverpen (polska, Småland)” from Änglarnas Språk (Drone 1992) —this, and many of the tunes that follow, are from the Slångpolska tradition of SmålandBuy it! |
4:48pm | Toste Länne, Marie Persson* Magus Gustafsson “1001” from Änglarnas Språk (Drone 1992)Buy it! |
4:50pm | Svanevit “PD 146 (polska) (Småland)” from Svanevit (Nordic Tradition 2005)Buy it! |
5:50pm | Toste Länne, Marie Persson* Magus Gustafsson “Sven Nordman” from Änglarnas Språk (Drone 1992)Buy it! |
5:02pm | Sågskära “Brudpolska From Vislanda, From P Wieselgrens Collection” from Krook!: Utgår från Samuel Krooks skildring (Drone 1997) —this bride's march from Småland is a re-construction from a 200+ year old manuscript of tunes for all occasions found in a church in Småland. The organ accompanying this tune is from that church and is old non-altered organ in Sweden.Buy it! |
5:06pm | Björnlert, Löfberg och Pekkari “Stenbockens Marsch efter Pelle Ror / Polska av Sven Donat” from Mikaelidansen (Giga 2000) —the strings here are accompanied by a table harp. Thanks to Bill Blanchard for loaning me this wonderful recording.Buy it! |
5:11pm | Sågskära “Midsommarpolskan” from Skärvor (Drone 1994)Buy it! |
5:13pm | Björnlert, Löfberg och Pekkari “Loftahammarspolskan efter Karl Andersson” from Mikaelidansen (Giga 2000)Buy it! |
5:20pm | Erik Pekkari Med Pella Björnlett M Fl “Lassens Polska (Småland)” from Gubbstöt (Giga 2004) —just what makes this a "polska" (normally in 3/4) the liner notes don't say - it sounds like a polka to me...Buy it! |
5:23pm | Pelle Björnlert & Johan Hedin “Sorgeliga Var... / Herrborum (Småland)” from Musikanter, Polskor Och Andanter (Giga 2006) —an odd little slow tune, followed by a SlångpolskaBuy it! |
5:28pm | Pelle Björnlert & Johan Hedin “Upp Å Ut Å Gå (Skåne)” from Musikanter, Polskor Och Andanter (Giga 2006)Buy it! |
5:34pm | Erik Pekkari Med Pella Björnlett M Fl “Polska” from Gubbstöt (Giga 2004) —an interestingly accented 3/4Buy it! |
5:36pm | Per Gudmundson “Schottis från Lima” from Per Gudmundson, Säckpipa (Giga (LP) 1983) —played on a Säckpipa (Swedish Bagpipe)Buy it! |
5:39pm | Ale Möller & friends “Solschottis” from Ale Möller, Bouzoukispelman (Giga (LP) 1986) —this seminal recording was the first to popularize the use of the bouzouki/mandola in Scandinavian musicBuy it! |
5:42pm | Ale Möller & Ellika Frisell “Blekingpolskan” from Ale Möller, Bouzoukispelman (Giga (LP) 1986) —Ale Möller's great talent exended to his ability to accompany musicians in a way that show them aff to best advantageBuy it! |
5:48pm | Anita Anderson with Loretta Kelley “Jeg Tenker Sa Tidt Pa Min Bryllupsdag” from Amerikaspel (Azalea City records 1986) —Loretta will be here the weekend of December to play for the workshop. Call (314) 726-5737 for detailsBuy it! |
5:51pm | Loretta Kelley “Urheimen” from Amerikaspel (Azalea City records 1986)Buy it! |
5:54pm | Anita Anderson with Loretta Kelley “Ingjen Fugle Fyke Sa Hagt” from Amerikaspel (Azalea City records 1986) —a fine old song from NorwayBuy it! |
5:46pm | Loretta Kelley “Farande Fant” from Amerikaspel (Azalea City records 1986)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.