Hialøsa. The sound of violins in three octaves, feet stomping and intense voices invites the audience to a
journey through dance music, spirituality, dreams and death. The music is based on traditional music material, fragments, songs and new compositions. Traditional, disruptive and honest.

Songs about life and death, remembrance of a past, looking towards the future. In the middle of the pandemic lookdown in 2020, three experienced folk musicians from the southern Swedish region of Skåne (Scania) met for the first time. They shared a vision of creating a new sound for their local tradition and presenting it to an international audience. After digging in old manuscripts and composing new material they started to work with two dramaturgs Maria Clauss och Claes Peter Hellwig (Professor in creative processes).

The result “Scaninan Very Old Pop”, is a thematic concert about life, death and dance which premiered at esteemed folk club Malmö Folk in spring 2022. The band has also performed for a dancing audience at the huge folk dance/balfolk festival Cadansa Festival in Holland. This material was recorded in Sunnanå Studio by technician Marcus Nilsson and will be released as Hialøsas debut album in April 2023.

Quotes:
“The best thing that has happened to Swedish folk music in 100 years!”
- Karin Wallin, Violinist and tradition bearer.

“New Trio is deeply serious about the Scanian heritage - with a twinkle in the eye”
- Patrik Lindgren, Lira musikmagasin