Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Norrland – the Music
I am a great fan of Johan Norberg (guitar) and Jonas Knutsson (saxophone), in particular when they play their “Norrland” collection, which now has been published in two CD volumes – “Norrland” (Gazell Records) and CowCow: Norrland II (ACT).
Johan’s in-between talk actually takes as much time as the music. His stories are so exhilarating they can be listened to any number of times. One of the favourites is when he tried to find Yttervik by driving on a dirt road using a colour slide of the village as the only guide. Only, he looked at the picture from the wrong side….
After hearing this, I tried to think: which, and where, were my own pictures from Yttervik? I stayed there some weeks as a guest of Axel Rydberg, the reindeer agronomist, and his wife Elsie.
I found lots of pictures of people, reindeer, and moose but strangely enough none of the house and yard. Or is it so surprising? The buildings and rooms are the things we take for granted, the framework of existence.
// posted by The beaver @ 8:10 PM 
