Sputer og drev – Munnharpe i 100 – Hallgrim Berg

New Album From Norway´s top Jew´s Harp Players

Eirik Røine has played the Jew´s harp for 55 years, Hallgrim Berg for 45. They celebrate their 100 year anniversary with a new album. With the desire to do a production full of rhythm and pulse, they release the album Sputer og drev – Munnharpe i 100. Røine and Berg want to show the potential of the Jew’s Harp as an instrument, offering a rich variety of tunes, rhythms and sounds that mark the Norwegian Jew’s harp tradition today. They want to praise the development in the Jew´s harp community the last fifty years. Until 1980/1990, the two gentlemen were mainly alone on stage, but with several good instrument makers and numerous new talents, the future is bright. This time – in experimental interaction – they are accompanied by a number of Norway´s most acknowledged folk musicians, including Knut and Ole Aastad Bråten, Roar Vangen, Jo Asgeir Lie, Kirsten Bråten Berg, Torill Kvalvågnes as well as "historical jams" with guitarist Robert Normann and techno group Ari Thunda.