merging blogs

huldreblog is now merged with karitauring blog

All posts have been transferred and this page will be deleted soon.
Cheers,
Kari

Huldre in Transition

So much happens in the Fall. The shift from Summer and sunshine to Winter and darkness is always so transitional.

My Huldre project was defined fully in my Bush Fellowship which you can read on my web site at this link.

Maren Amdal has left the group to begin her own journey as a singer in Minneapolis. Ken Sherman and I are up to our eyes in December Gigss. You can read about them here.

Finally, my site re-design means I will be posting blogs directly onto my site. No more ping-pong ball from site to site to read my work. The transition will happen by 12th Night, 2007 (that's January 6th).

Yours in the mist of the change,
Kari

Huldre Cross the Rivers All the Time

Huldre will perform the "Sibilen Voluspa" at the Bryant Lake Bowl as part of the Kari Tauring and Friends Harvest show - Crossing the River 2006.

To hear it click this!

We've been recording

Take a listen to the new versions of Dromte, the Voluspa etc.
http://www.karitauring.com/HuldreMp3s.htm

More and more to come as Kari writes for the study and travel grant that would expose new material both here in Minnesota and in Norway!

Farming in the City

So many people have asked me how I can follow the ways of the Huldre here in the city. Huldre like woods and mountains and fjords and streams. Huldre like cows and crops and butter and berries...

Well, I have said it before and I will say it again, Minneapolis/St. Paul is a fine place for Huldre. With the river, the parks, Minnehaha Falls and creek we have lots of places to hide from mere mortals.

And with all the Urban Greening/Gardening/Farming going on in the Twin Cities, there are many places that Huldre can sprinkle their magic.

Sanford Middle School is one place where some wonderful gardening is about to ensue!

Here is a link to the greening projects in my neighborhood. If you are a Huldre type you will want to be involved in some of these things:
http://karitauring.com/sustainableurbanenvironments.htm

Yours in June,
Kari

Farming in the City

So many people have asked me how I can follow the ways of the Huldre here in the city. Huldre like woods and mountains and fjords and streams. Huldre like cows and crops and butter and berries...

Well, I have said it before and I will say it again, Minneapolis/St. Paul is a fine place for Huldre. With the river, the parks, Minnehaha Falls and creek we have lots of places to hide from mere mortals.

And with all the Urban Greening/Gardening/Farming going on in the Twin Cities, there are many places that Huldre can sprinkle their magic.

Sanford Middle School is one place where some wonderful gardening is about to ensue!

Here is a link to the greening projects in my neighborhood. If you are a Huldre type you will want to be involved in some of these things:
http://karitauring.com/sustainableurbanenvironments.htm

Yours in June,
Kari

Cold Huldre

Just a funny thought about Huldre in May, we never forget how cold we used to be.

6 months from now we will be back into the show season. It's hard to believe, but Huldrefolk love these strange and crazy extremes!

Now it is summer, we will mend and fix all our winter gear, we will bake our bones in the sun, and we will sing songs for the growing things that sleep in the Winter's Dark Hours.

New Songs for Huldre

I wrote one based on Dromte mig i drom en natt.
Maren wrote one on the Volspusa.
Ken was dubbed Spellman and we wrestle with this song.
We all learned Kjerringa med Staven (Old Woman with a Stav) from "Mike and Elsies" book of Norwegian folk songs that my mother let me borrow.

We rehearse on Monday Nights.

Our next performance is on May 1st at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater opening up for "How the Sap Does Rise"

Here's the link for the show.

Ha det bra,
Kari