Other constellations!

read here about two other constellations that I play with!

Pär, Sara, Allan

Rand (above) was a borderbreaking band, which was formed at the Academy of Music in Malmö as a meeting between three folk musicians (fiddle, saxophone and vocals), a rock guitar player and a classical cello player. The band played both traditional folk and original compositions. The band was selected as Concert of the week in national Swedish Radio, and toured for instance in Germany. The band was dissolved in 2008, but a cd with the singer/songwriter Gitte Pålsson, which the band played on, will be released in 2010.

Three of the band's members, Allan Skrobe (mandola), Pär Moberg (saxophone, hurdy gurdy etc) and Sara Tufvesson, (fiddle), has however continued to play together"in the spirit of Rand", and can be booked as a trio. You can see a short video clip of them playing together at the Malmö festival here.

Moberg Erici

Pär Moberg has some of his ancestors from the Swedish island of Öland, and therefore, he has done some research into the folk music traditions of that island. He shares this interest with Harald Erici, a jazz pianist born in and still living in Öland, who has released the cd "Jazz på Öländska" with jazz interpretations of Öland folk tunes. In the summer of 2009, after just one hour of repetition, the two met in a very successful concert of Öland folk music at  Gärdslösa vicary.You can see a short video clip from the occasion here. The two plan to continue playing together, and can be booked through Evolving Traditions.