Happy Hour Harmonica Podcast Erland Westerstrom interview
Erland Westerstrom joins me on episode 92.
Erland is from Sweden, where he studied Swedish folk music on the harmonica at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, with Filip Jers as one of his teachers there.
Erland released a solo harmonica album in 2020, Andas! (Swedish for breathe), where he makes use of drones, polyphonic rhythms, tongue spilts and other techniques to create self-accompaniment to the melodies of the traditional tunes he plays.
Erland’s latest band is with the trio Västanvinden. This sees the harmonica combining with great effect with the clarinet and cittern, with the harmonica used as much for chordal accompaniment as for melody.
A big part of Erland’s music is playing for dancers, who are part of the show in Sweden.
Erland also does some harmonica maintenance work as well as teaching in Stockholm and online. He is touring with the Västanvinden trio in Europe later in 2023.
Links:
Erland's website:
http://www.folkmunspel.se/english
Contact:
erland.westerstrom@icloud.com
Blog:
http://www.folkmunspel.se/blogg
Custom harmonicas for sale:
http://www.folkmunspel.se/till-salu
Great resource for traditional Swedish tunes:
folkwiki.se
Audio-Technica ATM350 mic:
https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/atm350
Videos:
From Andas! Album:
https://youtu.be/6E3jK0Hj71I
With Bjorn Gardner:
https://youtu.be/6E3jK0Hj71I
With Vastanvinden trio:
https://youtu.be/eNDmadf1k0M
Tremolo playing:
https://youtu.be/7CXqJ4-v1wU
Graduation concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKKNMHmeR6o
Podcast website:
https://www.harmonicahappyhour.com
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Spotify Playlist:
Also check out the Spotify Playlist, which contains most of the songs discussed in the podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QC6RF2VTfs4iPuasJBqwT?si=M-j3IkiISeefhR7ybm9qIQ
Podcast sponsors:
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