The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc is Olav Luksengård Mjelva, Anders Hall and Kevin Henderson who come from Norway, Sweden and the Shetland Islands respectively. They are three of the finest young fiddlers currently working in the folk music scene and are in great demand playing in various musical constellations throughout the world. The project is the brainchild of Anders Hall who felt that combining the three unique distinctive fiddle styles together would create a special sound. Sweden’s Anders plays viola and fiddle, Shetlander Kevin sticks to the fiddle, while Norway’s Olav handles octave fiddle and the resonant stringed Hardanger fiddle. Anders' hunch proved to be correct after first exchanging musical thoughts with each other in Voss, Norway in May 2009.
Norway, Sweden and Shetland have three of the richest fiddling traditions in the world, as well as many well documented historical links going back hundreds of years. The band have blended three individual styles from these three Nordic regions, but still allow their three distinct flavours to come through in a sound that is unique, meaningful, intense and invigorating. They are working on a new album, to be released in 2015.
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