At Easter 2017, around 180 cool young musicians went to Southern Jutland to participate in ROD's 11th folk music competition, which was held this year at T\u00f8nder Gymnasium. It was a week of lots of singing, music, dancing and partying together with four tough instructors from four different countries, and a lot of volunteer helpers.
\nRadioFolk went to T\u00f8nder to experience the big closing concert, and it was an exceptionally inspiring experience, which we documented by recording the concert and interviewing representatives of both organizers and participants as well as instructors.
\nThe four instructors were Finnish accordion player Johanna Juhola, Swedish saxophonist Daniel Reid, Danish-Scottish-Australian multi-instrumentalist Hal Parfitt-Murray, and English guitarist Ian Stephenson, and together with all the many participants they provided a fantastic evening with lots of fantastic music and an indomitable spirit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt's one of the wildest and coolest weeks you'll find in this year's folk music calendar,\u201d says one of this year's directors, the English guitarist Ian Stevenson from Baltic Crossing, and continues: \u201c..two hundred young people crammed together in an old school for a week, it's just partying and music around the clock!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Join the party: Listen to the magazine program Katten i S\u00e6kken #41, which in addition to interviews and music from the ROD festival also offers brand new music from ukulele player Tobias Elof, who is a former participant at ROD, and news from Tempi, the new industry organization for folk, world and related genres. Here is the link:\u00a0https:\/\/radiofolk.dk\/katten-i-saekkenthe-cat-in-the-bag?sp=9506<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I p\u00e5sken 2017 drog omkring 180 seje unge spillefolk til S\u00f8nderjylland for at deltage i RODs 11. folkemusikst\u00e6vne som i \u00e5r blev afholdt p\u00e5 T\u00f8nder Gymnasium. Det blev en uge med masser af sang, musik, dans og fest sammen med fire skrappe instrukt\u00f8rer fra fire forskellige land, en masse frivillige hj\u00e6lpere. RadioFolk tog til T\u00f8nder for at opleve den store … <\/p>\n