News
Danish Music Awards - Folk 2009
10-03-2009
12 prizes were awarded in Tønder on 7th March. The folk group Zar received the Album of the Year prize.
Danish acts at the Tønder Festival 28-31 August 2008
6-08-2008
The music programme includes Niels Hausgaard, Haugaard/Høirup, Valravn and Henrik Jansberg Band among others.
Roots event in Copenhagen
7-05-2008
A mix of klezmer, rock, swing and bluegrass at the Copenhagen venue Pumpehuset on May 30.
Danish Music Awards - Folk 2008
10-03-2008
The folk group Trio Mio was awarded four prizes at the Danish Music Awards' Folk 2008 show.
Haugaard & Høirup on US tour
7-05-2007
Danish folk music duo touring four American states in May and June
Danish Music Awards - Folk 2007
12-03-2007
Saturday night March 10 The Danish Music Awards – Folk 2007 was held in Tønder for the seventh time.
Afenginn to take on the Big Apple
12-01-2007
The unique bastard-ethno ensemble plays in New York clubs in January
Tønder Festival 2006
24-08-2006
The largest festival in Denmark with focus on folk music takes place 24-27 August.
Danish folk music coast-to-coast in Canada
15-08-2006
Danish music on a summer-tour of Canada - an on-the-road account by Morten Alfred Høirup
Danish Music Awards 2006 – Folk
3-03-2006
For the 6th time The Danish Folk Council held the annual Danish Music Awards – Folk.
Danish folk on new Nordic CD
5-12-2005
The three groups Phønix, Trio Mio and Baltinget are represented on a new compilation CD with Nordic roots music.
International launching of Danish folk music
12-10-2005
In August The Danish Folk Council presented a three-year plan for establishing Danish folk on the international music scene.
Danish Blues Musician of the Year 2005
24-09-2005
During Copenhagen Blues Festival 2005 Thorbjørn Riisager was awarded Danish Blues Musician of the Year. At the same occasion Kenn Lending was awarded a special prize.