Väsen

The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay Presents
ADMISSION: $20 advance/$22 at door or $18 to Celtic Society members

TICKETS: Available from 5/9 at More Music, 512 Front St. in downtown Santa Cruz. You may also reserve tickets by calling (831) 464-9778, (408) 847-6982 or e-mail Bob Breheny at [email protected]

Proclaimed ‘the most significant Swedish export since the Vikings,’ Väsen returns for a midsummer night’s dream of a concert celebrating their latest release, a combination DVD/CD, ‘Live pa Gamla Bion,’ recorded last July in their homeland.

Hunched like giant trolls over their instruments, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), viola & guitar, Väsen magically & mesmerizingly perform traditional & originals written in traditional folk styles.

As Wired phrased it, ‘The sound may be traditional but the attitude is completely modern, mixing up the ideas of folk, the virtuosity of prog & the humor of the insane asylum into a Cuisinart of acoustic bliss. Visualize whirled music.’

National Public Radio’s ‘All Things Considered’ raved, ‘The absurdly broad term ‘world music’ is rendered completely useless in the face of these musicians who play with such genuine passion & glee that everything on the globe seems to disappear except their home fires. This is ‘local music’ in the best sense of word—believable, human-scaled & fluent in the international language of musical interplay.’

Don’t delay. Get your tickets & reservations tout de swede.

For more, visit www.vasen.se