Artist Info: Loretta Kelley

Loretta Kelley is an American player of the Hardanger fiddle, or hardingfele. The hardingfele is a Norwegian stringed instrument; it has four strings that are bowed like a violin and four or five sympathetic strings that resonate underneath. It is usually decorated with a carved scroll, pearl-inlaid fingerboard, and ink decorations around the instrument body.

AmerikaSpel is a mostly-solo recording of Norwegian dance tunes, many from the region of Telemark. [read more...]