Anna-Karin Andersson started playing “Slängpolska” from Småland and then later she fell in love with the folk music from our neighboring country Norway. With studies in Malung and the World Music Program in Gothenburg in her luggage. Over the years she freelanced in many different constellations, among others award-winning Maine Coon trio. Anna-Karin is also a frequent employee dance musician, holds courses and workshops in Nordic folk music and is a violin teacher at Skurup folk high school. Next, she holds a course at Malmö Folk Festival, and later this autumn there will be a premiere for “ulvaKarin”, a folk music duo together with Jens Ulvsand.

Anna Rynefors is an active freelance musician and valued family entertainer who always meets the audience and creates a shared experience that captures everyone in the moment. Starting with the violin, she also plays surprisingly many other musical instruments! With nyckelharpa, Swedish bagpipes, medieval fiddle, percussion, harp, Viking-era lyre and song, she can entertain audiences or lead courses.

Ba Balance is a new, award-nominated duo consisting of Danish guitarist Preben Carlsen and Gambian percussionist Sal Dibba. They mix dirty desert rock with rhythms from Central and West Africa and spice up their groovy sound with influences from psychedelic rock and blues. "Rocking electric guitar and percussion duets, like an African White Stripes." wrote the English world music magazine Songlines.

The EP titles Songs From my Italian Soul (on Spotify) and Songs From My Southern County (on Soundcloud) are lush productions from Malmö where soulful folkpop meets jazz-infused latin vibes and exquisite balladry, showcasing Anna Louise's immense vocal ability and register, as well as her command of many languages, including a Swedish song performed in her own original dialect.

Hialøsa is a trio playing traditional music from the Scandinavian region of Scania. The trio is currently active with the concert “Scanian very old pop”. The concert is based on traditional music material, fragments, songs and new compositions. Traditional, disruptive and honest. Feet stomping, energetic and always shifting, driven by intense violins and a rythmical bass. Songs about life and death, remembrance of a past looking towards the future.