Thanks a lot to everyone who contributed to make this year maybe one of the most remarkable ever. I’m looking forward to an exciting 2012.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

XXX
Britt Pernille

Photo: Bjørn Tore Moen

It has been a while since my last blog update so I think it’s about time letting you know that I’m still going strong. This has been my busiest year ever with so many awesome gigs, tours and collaborations with such talented artists, and I love it!

After coming home from a great adventure of a tour in USA and Canada this summer I started to work with Bjørn Strand and Sigurd Ytre-Arne in a trio called Fyst. We went for a tour in Norway in September, and it’s a pleasure working with such devoted and talented people. We are now planning a tour in Europe in January together with Utku Tavil. You can read more about this project here:
http://www.sigurdytrearne.com/sya/Fyst.html

I can also recommend you to check out their other bands. It’s so cool!

Lori and Innes Watson are coming over to Norway for the second time this year for a tour with Boreas in October. This time we will visit Voss, Stavanger, Haugesund, Naustdal, Ørsta and Bergen. We have started working on new music for our forthcoming cd, and we’ll be touring UK next year.
LuckyLoop will do a short tour in Falun (SE), Vasa (F) and Oslo (N) in the end of October, and we will soon start to record our new cd!

In November I’ll be touring UK alone. It’s been a long time since I’ve played solo concerts now, and I’m really looking forward to it. I hope there’ll be time for a good scotch and some good sessions as well!
I’ve also been working with the english composer Rose Dodd for a while, working on her new piece “Mobius ii” for Hardanger fiddle and electronics, and this piece will be preformed for the first time at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in England November 23rd. It’s my first time at this festival and I’m so excited about it. You can read more about the festival here: http://www.hcmf.co.uk/event/show/242

Would be nice to see you there!

Had a really great time in Nisswa, MN together with Linda Gytri last weekend. We played at a Scandinavian Folk Music festival where we met lots of interesting people that hailed from our home area in Nordfjord. For me it was especially exciting to meet my cousins Greg and Amy Loftness. Lovely people! We had three gigs and many workshops, and it seemed like they are very interested in norwegian culture over there. Some of the hardanger fiddle players are getting really good, and it was very exciting to meet Loretta Kelley. She plays really well, and she’ll be in Seljord at Landskappleiken this summer. We really loved this festival and will absolutely love to come back some day. An enormous thanks to Paul Wilson for inviting us over and organizing this big event. We appreciated it very much!

Now I’m in Edmonton AB, Canada with my faboulous cousins Joanne and Haley Myrol, and it feels like this flow of good things in my life will never end, which I like a lot. Joanne and Haley are amazing musicians and I’m going to tour together with their band for a month now. They are launching a new cd these days, and it’s well worth a listen. www.myrolmusic.com

We’re soon off to North Country Fair, a festival in Slave Lake in northern Alberta. It’s raining a lot this weekend, so it will be an interesting experience camping in a tent, but in my new wellies and rain gear I should be prepared.

Britt Pernille