I speak with Kirsty Money about her Nyckelharpa journey and she demonstrates this beautiful instrument for us. As a separate bonus you can hear our improv together.  For Kirsty's new album: https://kirstymoney.bandcamp.com/releases

The transcript is now available: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e1s1kirstymoney 

For those of you who want to study or learn more about Kirsty: https://kirstymoney.ca https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuDe... YouTube

For more information on the nyckelharpa world, here are some useful links:   https://www.facebook.com/harpanut/ http://www.nyckelharpa.org - American Nyckelharpa Association  https://olovjohansson.se - Olov’s website, tons of info here, and he has it translated to English, which is very good.  https://vasen.se/about/ - Olov’s band Väsen, one of the primo bands from Scandinavia.    https://esitobo.org Eric Sahlström Institute - Sweden’s Folk Music School for music and dance.  She went there in 2015 " amazing!"

photo credit: Hamish Gordon