Väsen & Hawktail’s new album “Väsen & Hawktail” is finished and can now be pre-ordered. Väsen & Hawktail brings these two groups together at long last. It is an anticipated union for fans of the genre. Väsen (Sweden) is a folk-instrumental group of epic proportion internationally. -Sing Out!

Väsen is a Swedish folk music band from Uppsala, founded in 1989, consisting of Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa) and Mikael Marin (viola). Previous members include André Ferrari (percussion) and founding member Roger Tallroth (guitar), the latter of whom announced his departure from the band in 2020 to focus on new projects. [1] .

Väsen is a Swedish word with many meanings: spirit, noise, a living being, essence among the most prominent. It was originally meant to just be an album title, but soon people were calling to book the band "Väsen" and the name stuck. The Swedish folk scene immediately embraced Väsen and they got to play a lot on festivals and concert series.

March 23, 2018 | Bob Boilen -- There's an abundance of jubilation and glee in the strums, trills, double stops and drones from the Swedish instrumental band Väsen. The trio came to the Tiny Desk...

The Swedish folk duo Väsen — Mikael Marin and Olov Johansson — have created their very own musical language – intense and full of humor, modern as it is ancient – with a foundation firmly rooted in the traditional music of Uppland.

Come and learn some fun Swedish tunes in nice arrangements with Väsen! Olov and Micke will teach together and all will learn the different parts. All instruments welcome. Buy Tickets. Time: 20:00. Address: 7 North Main St. Venue phone: 215-681-4660. Buy Tickets. Time: 20:00. Address: 122 Old Ayer Rd. Buy Tickets. Time: 19:30.

Väsen certainly understands traditional music. Both Johannson and Marin studied with traditional musicians from Sweden's Uppland region, and they knew a lot of the same tunes when they first met in the 1980s. They met Tallroth at a music camp in Norway and began playing together.

2018年3月23日 · There's an abundance of jubilation and glee in the strums, trills, double stops and drones from the Swedish instrumental band Väsen. The trio came to the Tiny Desk with just three instruments, but...

music. Yet it's exactly the guitar chordings and rhythms that also attracted an entirely new audience, and the band's popularity gradually grew, along with their international reputation. In 1994, with two more studio albums under their belt ("Vilda Väsen" on Drone and "Essence" on

Väsen discography and songs: Music profile for Väsen, formed 1989. Genres: Swedish Folk Music. Albums include Family Dinner: Volume Two, Världens Väsen, and At the End of the Day.