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Far väl
Sunlight through a dark spruce forest

Nordic folk, and the scenic route

Farväl

Two violins, a guitar, a mandolin, a clarinet, and a voice. We start in the north and keep the door open.

Meet the sixWhere the tunes go

The music

Close to home.Fond of elsewhere.

Far väl plays folk music. The heart of it is Nordic — tunes that feel right in a wooden room, with a floor if there is one. Around that, we play music from across the world: melodies that travelled well enough to be worth learning.

The name is a wish on the way out the door. Far väl. Travel well. Six players, one band, and a setlist that is allowed to wander.

A mossy canyon with a river running through it
Cold water, green rock
A still alpine lake framed by pines
A lake that holds still
Orange poppies in a bright field
The loud field

A pocket atlas

Where the tunes wander

Swipe

Snowy peaks above a forested valley

01

The north

Home ground. Nordic folk, played from the inside.

A wooden dock on a calm blue lake

02

Across

Tunes that crossed water to get here, and sounded like they meant to stay.

Mountain peaks rising over a sea of clouds at sunset

03

High air

Melodies with weather in them. Long views, long phrases.

A desert highway running toward a rocky mountain

04

The road

Well outside the north. If a tune travels well, it is welcome.

Sunlit green ridges and rock towers

05

The ridge

A longer way around. Still folk music. Still this band.

A mossy canyon with a river at the bottom

06

Back under

Then a tune we know by heart, a little changed from the trip.

Mostly the north. Also: anywhere a good melody refused to stay put.

The band

The six

Pass a tune around this group and it comes back slightly changed. That is the point.

  1. Sunlight cutting through a dark spruce forest

    01

    Simon

    Violin

  2. A still alpine lake between pine trees

    02

    Kerstin

    Violin

  3. Pine trees at sunset, with rock in the foreground

    03

    Peter

    Guitar

  4. Orange poppies against a clear blue sky

    04

    Ankita

    Song

  5. Looking straight up into tall tree trunks

    05

    Kevin

    Mandolin

  6. Fog resting on a forested hillside

    06

    Daniel

    Clarinet

The listening room

Better in the room than on a speaker.

Nothing is up for streaming yet. When there is a recording, it will live here. Until then, the honest way to hear Far väl is in person.

  • At home

    Nordic sets

  • Abroad

    Tunes from the road

  • Sung

    Songs, when the room asks

Out playing

The poster wall

Nothing pinned up

The wall is clear.

When a concert, a dance, or a slightly too-small room is booked, the date goes here in letters you can read from the door.

Snowy mountains above a wide forested valley

Far väl

Travel well.

Concerts, dances, and gatherings with enough room for a clarinet. If you have a floor, we would like to play it.