HULDRELOKKK
a Pan-Scandinavian Ladies folk trio:
Kerstin Blodig (N/D): Gesang, Gitarre, Bodhrán
Ditte Andersson (SE): Gesang, Nykkelharpa
Elin Jonsson (SE): Gesang, Geige
(Neu im Trio Solofoto rechts)

Huldrelokkk – der Lockruf der Trollfrau – das internationale Frauentrio präsentiert die Bandbreite skandinavischer Folkmusik aus Norwegen, Schweden und Dänemark. In drei skandinavischen Sprachen, mit betörendem dreistimmigen Gesang, zwei rasant virtuosen Fiedeln und einer groovigen Gitarre.

„Verboten gut, diese drei wie fantastische Zauberwesen gekleideten Musikerinnen…
Skandinavien-Urlaub als prachtvolle Musik, und die steckt den Dreien einfach in der Seele.“
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

 

Huldrelokkk – the wood nymph’s beckoning call, is an all-female trio playing acoustic folk music from three Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark as well as their own material. Three angelic voices coupled with two virtuoso fiddles and a groovy rhythmic guitar, they celebrated their world premiere concert to an enthusiastic Berlin audience in late 2009.
Since then the trio has been giving sell-out concerts all over Europe and Scandinavia.    The Debut CD Trolldans (Westpark Music) of this exceptional trio was released in October 2011 in Europe, and has gotten rave reviews. The live CD i levende live  captures the unforgettable live atmosphere of a Huldrelokkk concert, and was recorded during tours in Gemany 2013 and 2014.                                                              The new Album Flickor alla has been released in 2023 I and includes tracks of the old and the new line-up: original material, new arrangements of traditional Scandinavian ballads to contemporary- and Fusion Folk!

“Ridiculously good – these three female musicians dressed as magical beings from a mythological world …. Scandinavian holidays in the form of magnificent music, which these three have in their souls…” Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Germany 2015

“Grooving folk guitar, dynamic fiddles and powerful harmony vocals in different nordic languages…one of the freshest sounds appearing on the Nordic folk horizon this spring.” Lira Magazine, Sweden 2/2011
“… a female trio which really makes you sit up and take notice …The dreamy melodies from the fiddle and Nyckelharpa (a medieval instrument rarely seen nowadays) coupled with the strong and sensitive guitar of Kerstin Blodig form the musical fundament of this band, often rounded off with beautiful three-part vocal harmonies. Solo songs and a-capella further supplemented this sublime performance, which completely enthralled the audience. Frenetic and lengthy bursts of applause between the individual pieces were proof  that even a folk music in a language which only a few people here understand – can be intensely moving and entertaining.” Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung 10/2010

”Despite the very intricate rhythmical structure of their song arrangements, the women had at times a groove which was quite infernal… ” Lindesnes, Mandal/ Norway 2010
“A Scandinavian trio of powerful women” Bohuslänningen, Sweden 2011

 

Kerstin Blodig is internationally regarded as one of the most important interpreters of Scandinavian and Celtic world-music. She studied musicology, Scandinavian languages and cultures, with particular emphasis on Norwegian folk music. Today she tours internationally – including major festivals, studio recordings, theatre productions and TV appearances – with a wide variety of different projects, including the Celtic bands Talking Water and Norland Wind (featuring Clannad-members P. and N. Duggan). She cultivates her Norwegian roots in her solo performances, with Huldrelokkk and in the duo Kelpie with Scotsman Ian Melrose.                              She has recorded, produced and co-produced 23 CDs with her various solo and group projects: the debut solo CD Valivann won the renowned German Critics Prize 2002. After the success of her solo albums Trollsang and Nordisk Sjel, she has just released her fourth solo CD Out of the Woods on the renowned audiophile label Stockfisch Records.
Being one of the finest women guitarists in the acoustic scene today, she is official endorser of Gibson Guitars.

Ditte Andersson from Upsala is an esteemed nyckelharpa player in Sweden. She began singing and playing the Swedish national instrument – nyckelharpa – and later the fiddle – as a teenager. Soon she became a part of the traditional Upland music scene.  She has a masters degree in education from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and plays and sings in various live projects with a wide variety of musical styles. She teaches nyckelharpa and fiddle to all age-groups – from council music schools to universities in Scandinavia, USA, Italy, Britain and Germany and has been one of the regular teachers at the nyckelharpa courses at Burg Fürsteneck in Germany since 2005.  Her distinctive earthy alto voice and her wonderful dry British-style humour makes her a strong stage personality. You can listen to her own compositions on her CD „Återvunnet“.
Ditte has been playing with Huldrelokkk since 2021.

 

Elin Jonsson grew up in a musical family in Srömsund in the north of Sweden. She is a qualified teacher at the Ingesund music school having achieved a masters degree in folk music from universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.                            Her swingy, powerful and sensitive fiddle playing is deeply rooted in Jämtland folk music, and she was given the honorable title of “Riksspelman” in 2012. She plays solo with her loop-station and also in many other musical constellations, among them the young Swedish-Norwegian quartet “Rim”. She loves communicating with audiences in her concerts and has a charming stage presence.                                                              In 2021 she has released her debut solo-CD “Drömmaren” with her own material for fiddle and loop-station. She has been playing and singing with Huldrelokkk since may, 2022.

 

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