Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall

Now we have come out of the studio and it feels very good!
The name of the album will be “For Dancing” and it will be released in April.
During the spring we will also visit Ireland for the Baltimore Fiddle Fair, play a school tour in Västernorrland, Kallstämman in Järvsö,  make a release tour with the new CD and some other pleasures.
Hope to see you!

1 February Senioruniversitetet, Sundsvall
10 March workshop & consert, Kallstämman, Järvsö
19-23 March school tour Scenkonst Musik Västernorrland
6 April Linköpings Folkmusikfestival, Norrköping
7 April Folk- & Världsmusikgalan, Norrköping
12 April Västanå Välkomnar, Sunne
13 April Folkmusikkaféet Allégården, Göteborg
14 April Felan – föreningen för folkmusik och dans i Örebro
20 April FaluFolk, Falun
21 April Värstaborg, Sundsvall
3 May Gävle konserthus
4 May Bollnäs kulturhus
5 May Kafé Station, Umeå
11-13 May Baltimore Fiddle Fair, Irland
14 May Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, Irland
9 June Ransätersstämman, Ransäter

The tourplan will take us to Norway, Denmark and Japan.
And Sweden of course, hope to see you somewhere!

 

 

 

 

 

 

27 augusti GA-kyrkan, Sundsvall
15 september Birka folkhögskola, Östersund (student workshop)
15 september Klubb Sam/Stocke Titt, Frösön
16 september Torsåkers kyrka, Kramfors
29 september Solheims Pensjonat, Røros
30 september Lesja Kulturhus, Lesja
1 oktober Villa Åmot, Førde
2 oktober Columbi Egg, Bergen
3 oktober Tre Brør Bar, Voss
4 oktober Årestoga, Raulandsakademiet
5 oktober Ingesund Musikhögskola, Arvika
6 oktober Ingesund Musikhögskola, Arvika (student workshop)
11 oktober Kulturhuset Björnen, Åstorp
12 oktober Perstorps Kyrka
13 oktober Thorøhuse Forsamlingshus, Fyn
14 oktober Stallet, Stockholm
18 – 23 oktober Japanturné
8 november with Ulrika Bodén, Västerås Konserthus
11 november, Malmö Folk
2 december with Ulrika Bodén, Piteå Folkmusikfestival

Now the summer starts soon and here’s our tour plan!
This year, it will be a bit calmer than usual, but we will take it back in the autumn when we will be touring in Scandinavia and Japan.
We have also started working on our next record, the fourth in the order. The record will be released in spring 2018 and have the theme of dance music.

3 juni Rimbostämman.
10 juni with Ulrika Bodén, Ransäterstämman.
1 juli with Ulrika Bodén, Haapavesi Folk Music Festival.
13 juli Selångers kyrkoruin, Sundsvall.
30 juli Skönsmons kyrka, Sundsvall.
4 aug with Ulrika Bodén, Urkult, Näsåker.
27 aug ”I välsignan och fröjd”, GA-kyrkan, Sundsvall.

Manifest Prize 2017 in the category of folk went to Ulrika Boden Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall, Petter Berndalen and Daniel Fredriksson: “Te Berga blå”. Have a look at the fantastic prize where we are portrayed as pugs, made by Ellen Ekman and Anna Lidberg.

Here comes spring concerts, some more will be announced soon here.
Some of the highlights are Celtic Connections, Jokkmokk winter market, a visit to Germany and our cooperation with Ulrika Bodén, now nominated for the Manifest prize.

20 Jan Celtic Connections, Glasgow
3 Febr Jokkmokk hembygdsgård
11 Febr with Ulrika Bodén, Midvinterton, Olofström
16 Febr Riksscenen, Oslo
17 Febr Folkmusikens hus, Rättvik
18 Febr Grand, Uppsala
25 Febr with Ulrika Bodén, Umefolk, Umeå
11 March Valshuset, Växjö
13 March Musikhögskolan, Malmö concert and workshop for the students
16 March Bollerups kyrka, Tomelilla
17 March Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
19 March Café Ölme, Kristinehamn
8 March with Ulrika Bodén, Victoriateatern, Malmö
28 April Heidbarghof, Hamburg, Germany
29 April Kulturzentrum BÜZ, Minden, Germany

Have you seen that we are now on Spotify? There you can listen to our first two albums as well as some samples from the third.
But do not forget that for a small genre as folk music it is important that people are willing to pay for the music.
Otherwise, considering how few recording releases there are nowadays and with the small economic margins, we run the risk of not having any folk music publishing at all otherwise.
Enjoy the listening!

Now it’s autumn again, and soon it’s a year since we released our third album “AER”. It’s been a great year with many fun gigs and experiences.
This autumn we are looking forward to play at
Oktoberstämman in Uppsala, one of autumn’s major folk events. We will also make a small tour in Västerbotten.
Hope to see you!

We won! After being nominated three years in a row we won the prize for “Group of the Year” at the Folk- & Världsmusikgalan in Västerås.
In the joy and happiness, we didn’t manage to express our full thankfulness in the speach, what we wanted to say was:
It is a great honor and pleasure for us to receive such a nice price. We would like to thank the jury, all of which we are privileged to work with, family, relatives and friends, and most importantly, all of you who come to our concerts and listen to our records. Thousand thanks!

We are for the third year in a row nominated for Group of the Year, what an honour and joy! Keep your fingers crossed for us, we hope to see you on the Folk- & världsmusikgalan in Västeras April 2.

26 februari dance gig, Umefolk.
27 februari Umefolk.
16 mars workshop and short concert, Köpenhamn.
17 mars workshop, MGK Kolding, Danmark.
17 mars Nicolai Scene, Kolding, Danmark.
18 mars Wintercoat Brewery, Aarhus, Danmark.
19 mars Thorøhuse församlingshus, Danmark.
24 mars workshop Westerstede/Neuengland, Tyskland.
25 mars 2 concerts Kapelle Felde, Tyskland.
26 mars Venne, Tyskland.
30 mars Nordic Showcase, Västerås.
8 april Thuleteatern, Örnsköldsvik.
12 april Olsbergs Arena, Eksjö.
13 april Löfstad kyrka, Tranås.
14 april Kulturhuset, Sävsjö.
16 april Gislesalen, Gislaved.
17 april Gummifabriken, Värnamo.
18 april Missionskyrkan, Vetlanda.
19 april Galleri Smedbyn, Smedbyn.
20 april Kulturhuset Pigalle, Nässjö.