SweFolk at The House of Songs on PBS

Our two week international collaboration between 14 songwriters from five different countries (Sweden, Denmark, Wales, Canada and US) was filmed by multi Emmy Award Winner Mario Troncoso ans his brilliant team. The first result is an 30 minute episode part of PBS series Arts in Context aired all over North America.

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Tummen upp för SweFolk i USA 

Svenska folkmusiker och singer/songwriters har fått en ny öppning i USA via satsningen SweFolk. Nu har SweFolk skapat tre årliga projekt med koppling till Folk Alliance International, den största branschmässan för folkmusik, singersongwriters och americana.

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Impressed by Tarabband

Americansongwriter.com mentions Tarabband as among the talents that impressed.

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Gareth Bonello about his THOS-experience

I have just returned from a remarkable few weeks in the USA, where I have been pursuing new musical adventures, eating too much barbeque and making a lot of new friends. I was honoured to be invited to The House of Songs in Austin, Texas to take part in a week of songwriting workshops.

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Tarabband live on The Bridge 90,9

Tarabband played and were interviewed by several radioshows during Folk Alliance International. One of them being The Bridge 90,9.

Folk Alliance presents SweFolk's collaborations

Folk Alliance International, interested in supporting such international collaborations and strengthening artistic and touring networks for the global folk music community, committed to providing a dedicated presentation to highlight the success and potential of such ventures. 

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My Statesmen recommends SweFolk concert

The local woodshedding haven for international musicians wraps up its first-ever Songwriters Summit with performances by more than a dozen visitors and locals who have spent the past week collaborating on new material. They include Tom Levin, Mariette Hansson and Dennis Kalla of Sweden ...

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Austin 360 music picks

House of Songs showcase at the Townsend. Include Tom Levin, Mariette Hansson and Dennis Kalla of Sweden; Cris Derksen, Sarah McDougall, Lydia Hol and Paul Pigat of Canada; Gareth Bonello of Wales; Ida Wenoe of Denmark; and locals Matt the Electrician, Shawnee Kilgore, Graham Weber, Raina Rose and Daniel Thomas Phipps. The whole group then will travel to Kansas City for the annual Folk Alliance International convention

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International Musicians Gather in Austin 

AUSTIN—Nine musicians from the United States and four other countries are staying for a week at the House of Songs in Austin. It's part of the Songwriting Summit where they create new music, often within a few hours of meeting each other. "It can be hard to meet someone for the first time and just, now we shall create, it's hard but very exciting process,” said Mariette, Musician.

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Live at Sun Radio in Austin

Swedish Dennsi Kalla participating in SweFolk at The House of Songs performed a newly written song with Danish artist Ida Wenøe live on Sun Radion in Austin. Canadian Paul Pigat and U.S. artist Raina Rose also peformed one of the newly written songs.

SweFolk related concert at The Townsend

The local woodshedding haven for international musicians wraps up its first-ever Songwriters Summit with performances by more than a dozen visitors and locals who have spent the past week collaborating on new material. They include Tom Levin, Mariette Hansson and Dennis Kalla of Sweden ...

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Svensk folkmusik möter Nordamerikansk 

Satsningen på svenska artister och låtskrivare inom folkmusik i Nordamerika, Swefolk, är just nu aktuell med flera arrangemang. Dels med deltagare på ett låtskrivarläger i Austin, dels med närvaro på den kommande folkmusikfestivalen Folk Alliance International.

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SweFolk får fler att etablera sig i USA!

SweFolks vision och syfte är att skapa förutsättningar för svenska folk- och folkmusik-inspirerade artister att etablera sig på den Nordamerikanska marknaden. Initiativet vill också stimulera till skrivandet av genre- och kultur-överskridande nyskapande verk och bygga varaktiga relationer med Nordamerikanska låtskrivare inom folkmusik

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