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Orkney gigs for Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Nordic Fiddlers Bloc - playing two concerts in Orkney this week.
Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – playing two concerts in Orkney this week.

Nordic fiddle super-group The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc will perform the first of two Orkney concerts in Kirkwall tonight, Thursday.

As part of a tour of the UK and Ireland, the group will be in St Magnus Cathedral tonight and in the Gable End Theatre, Hoy, tomorrow.

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc features Olav Luksengård Mjelva (Norway), Anders Hall (Sweden) and Kevin Henderson (Shetland).

Norway, Sweden and Shetland have three of the richest fiddle traditions in the world, with documented historical links going back hundreds of years.

Nordic Fiddlers Bloc is now seeking to bring those historical links and traditions alive and present them in an exciting new fashion, while also remaining faithful to the roots of each tradition.