Tip on a consert with swedish christmascarols!

So, the holidays are over and we all survived. Today I'm giving you a link to a christmas-consert from last year. It's in swedish but has folkmusic as it's core. There's a bit of commentary (wich is not texted) but I like all the rest - even for you english-speaking guys!
Enjoy!
Nanna

Happy Holidays!

Love and wishings of a joyful ending of this, and start on the new, year!
ASSAJU

Hey! Here's one of my favs with a new-ish song

Oranges and seasalt.
A charming Eliza Carthy.
Live.
It's all good.

Just for fun I can tell everyone that my favorite christmas-shot is tequila and - yes you guessed it! - oranges. Ordinary salt though. Or suger and cinnemon.
Happy Holidays!

ps. just for the fun of it you get another one from E.C. This one's Two tears.

Blood and Gold

En helt sjukt fantastisk sång! Lyssna på hela. Jag fick ståpäls :D

A totally fantastic song! Listen to the hole thing. I got goose bumps :D



//Karin & Asaaju

I nice one with "dancing waves"

It's almost magical this one. Matts sent me the link to one of this groups other performences but this first one is my fav! The kids going up and down and the night around - yeah I like it very much. A classic tune also that many knows and can sing.

This other video is Matts link, the same group - very different setting though!

All the best!
Nanna/ASAAJU

What N and M is loving at the moment

I know it's a bit corny - but I love these "sisters". Here's a taste of what you might enjoy.

Mr M has another favorit - Da VInci's Notebook singing one of their hits. It isn't exactly our type of music - but it IS a capella!

Love,
N o M from ASAAJU

Vi spelade in övningen / Recording in the kitchen

It was almost like recording the real album! Fun and inspiring. Karin, Nanna and Matts sat in the kitchen, recording as we sang, song after song. Sometimes we only recorded the harmonies since Emma was missing, yet it worked out quite well. At the moment we don't know how to up-load a mp3-file as a taste of what to come - but as soon as - it'll be here!
Keep singing! ASAAJU

Det blev nästan som att vi spelade in hela skivan! Mycket roligt och inspirerande.
Karin och Nanna och Matts satt alltså i köket och spelade in låt efter låt. Ibland blev det bara inspelning av stämmor eftersom Emma saknades men det blev ändå bra.
Just nu vet vi inte hur man lägger upp ljudfiler här men när vi kommer på det så läggs det upp - var så säkra!
Sjung lugnt!
ASAAJU

Det här gillar Götgatan just nu.../what we like at the moment...

Here follows a couple of YouTube-clips with outstanding folk-musicians (all song-birds of high qualitee).
In the first Maddy Prior and June Tabor is singing one of the classics. This is live - and even better than the recordings!! Excellent!
The second (inbedded) is Eliza Carthy - as always great - she's sooo cool, stomping away! The sound is a little off but great anyway.
Enjoy! Love ASAAJU

Här kommer några bra YouTube-klipp på andra sånggalningar...etablerade folkmusiker!
Maddy Prior och June Tabor sjunger klassikern Four Loom Weaver. Lite äldre - mycket bättre. Vi fick alla ståpäls. Det är seriöst bra.
Eliza Carthy är helcool i denna video. Tyvärr lite dålig ljudkvalitet, men ändå superb!
Hon manglar på!

Idag träffas vi för att äta stark chili con carne - utan bönor - och för att sjunga. Vi kommer att öva öva öva.
Kramar ASAAJU

Vi övar inför skivan / Practice before recording

Biggest news is that the songlist is decided. We're set on recording some time this fall and we're adding practice-time. After this week-end singing we've added on song, The Bonnie Ship The Diamond. We'll see how it all turns out! We can also tell you that one beloved piece of song, The fields of Athenrye, is going to be on the album.

To show you that we sometimes have some time off - here's a pic from another week-end with ASAAJU. Möja, the Stockholm archipelago, May 2009

A health! Keep coming back for more news and progress - ASSAJUJust nu har vi spikat låtlistan inför inspelning och har haft extra övning inför den. Vi har efter helgens sång lagt till en låt, The Bonnie Ship The Diamond, antagligen kommer också studiotiden ge oss svar på om låtarna blir bra till slut.
Redan nu kan avslöjas att vi har flera älskade bitar på gång - bl.a. Fields of Athenrye.

För att visa att vi inte alltid övar när vi "övar" kommer här en bild från en sånghelg. Möja, Stockholms skärgård, maj 2009.
Allt gott!
Vi höres med alla nyheter inför detta stora och härliga projekt!
ASAAJU