Feleboga plays and sings old-time music from the Appalachian mountains - haunting and archaic songs about the hard life in the mountains and mines, old ballads, shape note hymns, and toe-tapping fiddle tunes.
Elizabeth Gaver - fiddle, dulcimer & vocals
Paul Kirby - banjo & vocals
Hans-Hinrich Thedens - guitar & vocals
Alix Cordray - bass, washboard & dance
In 2022, Feleboga received support from Oslo Musikkråd to promote our concerts to raise awareness about and benefit cultural organizations in Kentucky affected by flooding in July. The band will be playing several venues in Oslo in spring 2023, and we look forward to performing and teaching at the Back to the Farm Festival in Italy in July.
From spring 2020 until summer 2021, our living room in Oslo was filled with songs, tunes, dances, and lots of coffee shared with a few good friends. We delved into old source recordings as well as playing tunes we learned from friends and at festivals. Some of the fiddle tunes we played had a few words to them, which inspired Paul to add more verses.
Soon Feleboga began a series of weekly live streamed “Coffee Break” concerts. These 52 half-hour sets reached friends in Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, and throughout the US. Feleboga recorded their CD “Coffee Break” in spring 2021, as a memory of the time spent together between lockdowns, quarantines and re-openings.
Feleboga ("fiddle bows") was started as a family band by Hans-Hinrich, Elizabeth, and their son, Mattias. Our family lived in Tennessee for six months, immersed in the local music and culture. For many summers, we returned to the Appalachian area, taking part in music workshops and festivals, playing with friends, and always coming home with new tunes and songs. Together with Paul and Alix, Feleboga has performed at Siglufjørdur festival, Iceland, Gainsborough Festival, England, Copenhagen World Music Festival, Denmark, as well as pubs in Germany and Norway. In addition to concerts, the band plays and call square dances, and the members teach workshops.
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Feleboga plays for the Monterey contra dance
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Feleboga: Elizabeth Gaver, Hans-Hinrich Thedens, and Alix Cordray will be visiting from Norway to play a memorable contra dance evening of Old-Time music with musical guest Barbara Cameron on banjo! Dane Wallinga from the Bay Area will call the fun!
Feleboga dance workshop: Gangar from Telemark
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Feleboga: Elizabeth Gaver, Hans-Hinrich Thedens, and Alix Cordray will be visiting from Norway to offer an easy and enjoyable Norwegian dance workshop from 4-6pm, with optional potluck dinner afterward, then they'll play a memorable contra dance evening of Old-Time music with musical guests! Dane Wallinga from the Bay Area will call the fun!
Elizabeth und Hans-Hinrich erzählen von ihrer persönlichen Reise nach und durch Norwegen, spielen Musik aus mehreren Regionen und tanzen die ältesten Tänze aus Tovdal, Telemark und Setesdal
Feleboga performs Norwegian traditional music
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Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA 93921 United States
Feleboga (Elizabeth Gaver and Hans-Hinrich Thedens) will perform traditional Norwegian music and dance
old-time folk music festival - Elizabeth and Alix will teach workshops, we will play a concert and a dance on Saturday.
Det blir bygdedans og gammeldans. Feleboga er satt opp til å spille for gammeldans fra kl. 18, men det kan blir mer.
We are finishing our run of benefit concerts for Appalshop and Troublesome Creek Guitars supported by Oslo musikkråd in this nice pub in one of Oslo's busiest neighborhoods.
Feleboga old-time music concert
Alix and Hans-Hinrich gir en innføring i gangar og springar fra Tovdal i Aust-Agder. Elizabeth spiller slåtter etter Salve Austenå.
Feleboga will play another benefit concert for two cultural organizations in Letcher County, Ky that were badly harmed by the flood on July 28th. All donations and CD sales will go to https://appalshop.org/ and https://troublesomecreekguitars.com/. We are hoping for a jam session after the show.
Benefit concert for Kentucky flood w/ Feleboga and friends
Koncertkirken Blaagaards plass, Blaagaards plass 6A, Copenhagen
Concert with old-time music from Kentucky.
Feleboga was part of the porch concert.
gratis konsert for lokalbefolkningen