Journey through Norway to explore the roots of its traditional music. Journey through Norway to explore the roots of the nation's traditional music, trace its modern manifestations and discover ...

While the hardanger fiddle looks like a violin, the sound is sometimes otherworldly. Strung with four strings on top, four or five more can lay below as sympathetic strings that give the instrument ...

The Spelemannslag of Fargo-Moorhead performs at Saturday’s Hardanger fiddle contest at the Hjemkomst. The richly decorated ...

but is working with apprentices in Fargo-Moorhead to bring back a folk instrument ... Kelley. Norwegian conservative religious leaders called the Hardanger fiddle “the devil’s music” and ...