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Sylfide / Folk at Montmartre at Jazzhus Montmartre
Courtesy of JazzDanmark | Posted on March 20, 2019
Where
Jazzhus Montmartre
Store Regnegade 19a
Copenhagen
Map
3172 3494
When
Wed, June 5, 2019
23:00
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About
Based on the Nordic folk music’s calmness and homeliness, and with a sensitivity that tries to contain our modern chaotic world, Sylfide examines what place folk music has in today’s society. The quartet borrows from the Nordic folk music’s simple, modal idioms and adds danceable everyday-poetry, whilst proximity and honesty is the focal point always. The repertoire consists of both newly written melodies and songs, and interpretations of Nordic danceable melodies with added lyrics. Sylfide tries, with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments, to give their interpretation of how folk music, songwriting and aspheric soundscapes can be united in the Nordic music tradition. ...