Tønder Festival, 23 - 26 August 2018. A photo report!
![]() »Stomp Music: The Chair deal in highly danceable power folk, starting with traditional music from Orkney and raiding blues, klezmer, dub and much else ...« ![]() www.lovethechair.com |
![]() »Cape Breton is known for speedy fiddles and foot tapping. But here comes a Cape Breton band that looks south for their inspiration: to US folk and country ...« ![]() www.prettyarchie.com |
![]() »As everyone knows, Cajun music comes from Acadie, where the French first colonised the eastern seaboard of Canada before being driven south to Louisiana by the English who then called it Nova Scotia. For more than a decade, Vishtén has been playing their own blend ...« |
![]() »Since 2012, Folk Spot Denmark has been presenting Danish folk and roots bands with the ambition and the potential to reach a broader audience both nationally and internationally.« ![]() bandcamp.com |
![]() »Tønder Festival veterans will know Sharon Shannon quite well ... Her most recent album Sacred Earth (2017) covers a crossover of music from Africa, the Middle East and Ireland ...« ![]() sharonshannon.com |
![]() »Five seriously qualified musicians from Scotland and Ireland take a fresh look at traditional music ... Several have appeared at Tønder Festival on numerous occasions ...« ![]() www.imarband.com |
Photo Credits:
(1) Tønder Festival,
(2) The Chair,
(3) Pretty Archie,
(4)+(5) Vishtèn,
(6) Elmøe & Hoffmann,
(7) Sharon Shannon,
(8) Ìmar
(by Michael G. Rose).