As a vital part of the interactive improvisation sessions in the Folk Song Lab project is the ‘Körsalen’ (Choir Hall) at KMH. It is a room that has both the acoustic and the right feeling for creating good music. All sessions are held here. Floating above the hectic Valhallavägen and with a view of theContinue reading “Körsalen”
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FoSoLa – the inner circle of Folk Song Lab
The Swedish Research Council support the project Folk Song Lab with a three year grant 2019-2021. We are six persons in the inner project group in this research project with an interdisciplinary approach. We come from different fields and Singers Maria Misgeld, Sofia Sandén, Eva Rune and the project leader Susanne Rosenberg forms the artisticContinue reading “FoSoLa – the inner circle of Folk Song Lab”
Improvised rhyming in a ballad
A lot of experimenting with improvising lyrics is done in the folk song lab sessions. We try to use the formulas inherited in the ballad form, such as rhyme, repetition and certain expressions etc. This session we did use two methods for improvising: end-rhymes and ‘crochet/braid /chain-singing’ meaning that we repeat the subject / word/Continue reading “Improvised rhyming in a ballad”
No session rookies
Nearly all sessions include someone who never participated before. Today that was not the case. We are all familiar with improvising in a folk song lab session. We find the concentration through mirror-singing and then we fly away on improvisatory adventures.
Folk Song Lab @ Folk Song Festival
Today we closed the Folk Song Festival at Eric Sahlström Institute (ESI) with a Folk Song Lab session. The big hall at ESI has a wonderful acoustic that fits well the improvised voices. Thank you all for a heart-warming flow moment.
new sessions
singing and improvising in smaller or bigger groups is fascinating. We continue to research the limits and possibilities of the folk song. Interacting and giving space to new ideas. One important thing is to also reflect on the result on a personal level. Writing down once own personal experiences of a session.
Folk Song Lab @ VoCon @ PJP @ AEC
It is wonderful to do a session of Folk Song Lab with a totally new group of people. Today this happened with a group of singers from different countries and genres at the VoCon meeting during the annual PJP (Pop & Jazz Plattform) conference under AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires). This years the conference wereContinue reading “Folk Song Lab @ VoCon @ PJP @ AEC”
Larynx microphones and different software
Frank Scherbaum from Berlin came to visit by invitation. We tried out larynx microphones in several workshops. How do they work? Could it be useful in the folk song lab project? The idea is to get recordings that don’t have any disturbing sound from others which means being able to identify who is singing whatContinue reading “Larynx microphones and different software”
Georgian Polyphonic Singing
Frank Scherbaum, who is an expert on larynx-microphones, also have done interesting field recordings in the mountains of Georgia with this equipment. Frank gave as an introduction to Georgian Polyphonic Singing with both sound and video. It’s an amazing work that Frank has done and also the way it has been recorded, where you canContinue reading “Georgian Polyphonic Singing”
Folk Song Lab with Adama Cissokho
Today we have had the pleasure of meeting the singer, musician, story-teller Adama Cissokho from Senegal in a workshop. Adama taught us a lullaby and some other songs. I was a pure pleasure to meet and sing with Adama. Singing from cognitive frames with variation the way of approaching the music is very much theContinue reading “Folk Song Lab with Adama Cissokho”
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