Guest musicians: Pelle Lindstrom - Harmonica, percussion, vocal ; Peter Gorm Sørensen - Fiddle ; Hans Leonardo Pedersen - Saxophone

Tove de Fries- fiddle and Malene - piano.
Tove and Malene have been an active part of the Danish Folk Music scene for many years. They formed the duo "de Fries & D. Beck, through a love and respect for the music and dance traditions of Denmark.
Balance is their debut-CD and includes traditional melodies from the various regions of Denmark, with several selections from the repertoire of Niels de Fries (Tove's father) from western Jutland.

Tove also performs in the group "Baltinget". Malene performs in the group "Instinkt" - both popular groups in Denmark that represent more contemporary traditions.

Balance is a snapshot of the evolving repertoire and compelling musicianship of this exciting duo.

Read more about the duo at www.defries-dbeck.dk

Rod Sinclair – 5-string banjo, guitar, vocal ; Børge Solkær, bass, guitar, altorecorder, mandolin, vocal ; Jole Nørgaard – cittern, mandolin, guitar, bodhran, vocal ; Filt Kristensen - fiddle, mandolin, cittern, tambourine, Moog, vocal.

THE VINEYARD - six new melodies by Morten Alfred Høirup and three old ballads - all in new arrangements. Played by established professional folk-musicians from USA, Finland and Denmark : Morten Alfred Høirup(DK)-Ruthie Dornfeld(USA)-Tapani Varis(F) - Cark Erik Lundgaard (DK) - Poul Lendal (DK) - Keld Nørgaard (DK).

The very unusual and old Danish instruments used on many of the tracks give you a new version of this old European music as it might have sounded before it developed into what we today know as Danish traditional Folk music. 

Morten Alfred has created a name for himself throughout Scandinavia as a young rythm guitarist within a variety of genres: Danish, Celtic, American, French-Canadian and contemporary folk music.

The eight album from this lively and energetic band with a varity of traditional and contempory music and once agian they've come up with a new angel on traditional tunes: listen for example to their instrumental interpretation of old Faroese Skaldurs (songs)
Read more at www.spaelimenninir.com

The music is from the whole north Atlantic area… reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, hopsas and powerful songs.

SULA BASANA is the Latin name for the albatross of the North. The gannet alights on northern skerries by Atlantic coasts, but only to breed.
From rocky ledges along the coasts of Scotland, the Faroes, Lofoten, Ireland and the Shetlands.
Sula wheels above the waves

Rod Sinclair (SCO) sings and plays guitar and 5-string banjo. Moving with the folk music revival from Scotland to Europe. Rod has been played and sung from Greenland the Mediterranean, from Russia to the US Great Lakes. A writer, broadcaster and teacher.

Eskil Romme (DK) plays robust, fluent accordion, saxophone and pipes. Inspired by traditional dance musicians and contemporary folk players on both sides of the North Sea. Eskil has travelled widely with Spælimenninir, Suleskær and Sula.

Erling Olsen (DK) a fiddler in the traditional Nordic style. His style is light yet vigourous, beautifully matched to both songs and accordion music. Erling has played throughout Scandinavia, USA, Canada and Great Britain with Spælimenninir, Suleskær and SULA

Read more at www.sulafolk.dk

The individual members of Suleskær are masters of different music styles - from oldtime-fiddling, Danish hopsas to Nordic ballad singing - so wellcome to a interesting journey to the North Atlantic.