Warm music from cool lands to melt your heart (tm)

Nordland Band (tm)

Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish music

 
 
 
 

From Hambo to Hopsa

 
 

This sweet, melodic music is satisfying to listen to, fun to dance to, and is a refreshing change of pace. The rolling bounce of the Scandic rhythms, like Hambo and Hopsa, insists you move your feet.

 
 

Versatile yet rooted in traditional

 

Nordland Band’s warm sound starts with violin, mandolin, guitar, wooden flute, and vocals. (And that is just the duet!) Drums, acoustic bass, second violin, and trumpet can be added. Repertoire is carefully chosen from folk pieces, popular music, and the band’s own compositions which live within the folk tradition. Jutta Distler, the leader, researches most of the music during visits to her musician family in Sweden and Denmark.

 
 
 

For private parties, Big Band Swing and other American music styles are available including foxtrot, cha cha, tango, and waltz, as well as 50s acoustic rock.

 
 

Ranging far and wide

 

As Chicago’s only professional pan-Scandinavian band, the Nordland Band has, since its inception in 1990, been invited to perform for the Royal Danish Consulate, at the Winnipeg and the Earth Song Folk Festivals in Canada, Michigan’s Spirits of the Woods Folk Fest, the University of Michigan’s Folk Life Fest, and has been a regular for many years at Chicago’s Andersonville Midsommar Fest.

 
 

Viking beat will thrill your feet

 

If you’re looking for a group that can fill everyone with good spirits, the Nordland Band is ready to play. Dance instruction can also be provided.

 
 

Flexible and affordable

 

We fit the band’s size to your budget, needs, and interests. Contact us today to discuss your plans!

 

Nordland Band with fans at Will’s Northwoods Inn’s
2011 Norwegian Independence Day party.

 

 

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Valravnen - Medieval Danish song -
played as a trio

 

Lyse Naetter - original Scandinavian-style waltz tune by Jutta Distler -
played as a trio

 

Telling Hopsa - Danish tune -
played as a trio

 

Polska from Dorotea - Swedish tune -
played as a trio

 

Scandinavian dance tune medley -
played as a quartet