Buen og Leven gi ut plate sammen

Report on the premiere of the “Bestillingsverket” by Knut Buen and Leven at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival (Thursday, 02.07.2009, Christians Kjeller) with an outlook: there is to be a joint record and at least one further concert, this time in Tuddal. The idea came from blues/folk enthusiast Jon Gjerde. The two wanted to be announced as “two old codgers from Scotland and Telemark”; Leven told anecdotes between songs, Buen opened with a poem reading in his birth town. Buen says he had to develop a Hardingfele base layer specially for Leven's songs; the two worked for a few days at the hotel in Tuddal on rhythm and tone. He praises Leven as a “skinnende poet” and would like to continue the collaboration. Programme: springar, gangar, folk tunes and songs, joined by the “red thread of love”. Photo: Fredrik Pedersen.