Väsen and a Guild sighting

Väsen and a Guild sighting

Väsen is a Swedish folk band featuring a regional instrument called a nyckelharpa. It's a sort of keyed violin. Discovered them several years ago on A Prairie Home Companion and have been a fan since. A couple of their more popular tunes are "The 39 Year Jig" and "Josefin's Waltz", which was written for the christening of one of the bandmember's daughter.

First, Väsen performing "Josefin's Waltz".

Then The Evergreen Band doing a very nice arrangement of it - with the Guild (D35?).

Melodic, Rhythmic, Percussive, and Scandinavian!

Re: Väsen and a Guild sighting

Great stuff, GM. Do you speak Swedish?

Re: Väsen and a Guild sighting

Man, I love the sound of that instrument.
Never heard of one of those before.

Thanks for posting, Guildmark. :mrgreen:

I'm going to check out some of their other music.

Re: Väsen and a Guild sighting

Darryl Hattenhauer said:

Great stuff, GM. Do you speak Swedish?

Click to expand...

Glad you like it!
No Swedish, except, "ABBA".
I took Norwegian in college, but the only phrase I remember is, "No thanks. I prefer to smoke a pipe."

Re: Väsen and a Guild sighting

You misspelled "ABBA." You got it backwards.

Re: Väsen and a Guild sighting

:lol: