Tirill http://www.tirill.no Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 2010 http://www.tirill.no/2009/12/31/2010/ http://www.tirill.no/2009/12/31/2010/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:44:08 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=350 It has begun quite cold here up North; cold an very beautiful with pure, glimmering snow; pink and frosty sunsets and moonlit, white  nights - as you rarely see them anymore. I love a real winter - because it is real, and because  its strength gives a wider dimension to things.  You can not delete it, or push a button to remove it. King Winter is strong, he’ll just come, as the ambassador of nature itself, to shake us up from our sleepiness, and awaken our presence . It makes the errors of humanity seem smaller. I love it.  Come, King Winter, shake the bones of us sleepy Northerners  “not to be disturbed”. I think we need it.

Happy Wonderful New Year, folks!

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2009/12/31/2010/feed/ Available digitally! http://www.tirill.no/2009/06/11/cd-available-digitally-2/ http://www.tirill.no/2009/06/11/cd-available-digitally-2/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:29:57 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=340 A Dance with the Shadows is now available digitally at CD Baby!

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2009/06/11/cd-available-digitally-2/feed/ New interview http://www.tirill.no/2009/05/07/new-interview/ http://www.tirill.no/2009/05/07/new-interview/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 10:31:40 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=324 The present issue of the greek music magazine Metronome contains Aleksis Vakis’ interview from the music trip to Athens in December last year. It was also a pleasant surprise to see the portrait of Katerina Papadopoulou in the same magazine, as I find her voice and expression fabulous.

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2009/05/07/new-interview/feed/ New tracks being recorded! http://www.tirill.no/2009/03/25/new-tracks-being-recorded/ http://www.tirill.no/2009/03/25/new-tracks-being-recorded/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:25 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=319 The songs for the Yeats album are taking new shape with the contributions of Johanne Gallagher and her Gaelic “vocal spices” and Nils Einar Vinjor and his eminent guitar work. Demos of this work will be added on MySpace as soon they are presentable. The first song out is The Fisherman/Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel, which is a combination of Yeats’ famous poem about his images of a Connemara fisherman, and the Irish harp player Carolan’s lovely tune. The tune itself is performed by flutist Audun Kjus.

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2009/03/25/new-tracks-being-recorded/feed/ Broadcast http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/broadcast/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/broadcast/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:28:57 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=284 The interview that was recorded in Athens two weeks ago, was broadcasted yesterday afternoon in Greek radio. 1,5 hour with many new songs presented  :-)

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/broadcast/feed/ Acoustic Duet http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/274/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/274/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:13:39 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=274 Live performances this year is mostly together with the band Autumn Whispers. Please take a look at their calendar for more information.

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/28/274/feed/ Home again http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/16/home-again/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/16/home-again/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:07:05 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=265 I am finally back in Norway, having so many impressions to digest. I really had an enriching time there, in many ways. Hope to be back soon.

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/16/home-again/feed/ Two Greek words for today http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/14/two-new-greek-words-for-today-%ce%b1%ce%b4%ce%ad%cf%83%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b1-and-%ce%b2%ce%bb%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%86%ce%b5%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%b1/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/14/two-new-greek-words-for-today-%ce%b1%ce%b4%ce%ad%cf%83%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b1-and-%ce%b2%ce%bb%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%86%ce%b5%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%b1/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:13:53 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=248 Αδέσποτα

This day started with an appointment with the stray dogs in Athens. They seem much healthier and happier than they did just a few years ago, and people seem to care more about them, letting them inside their shops while it is raining; feeding and appreciating them. For the first time I truely enjoyed my walks in Athens.

Κατεύθυνση

I was just a few hundered meters from my destination, a bazaar for stray dogs, when my map suddenly began to look different than my surroundings. I had to ask for help, and it turned out that those couple of hundred meters were not possible to pass by foot (that was not visible on the map). I would have to walk the same distance back again, then take the metro one station, then change, and one station further with another train. Only for 300 meters! I still enjoy my walks in Athens, but the city is far as logic as the greek grammar. :-)

I always thought I had a bad sence of direction. Therefore I must sometimes rely on some help from above when travelling around. After the appointment with the angels of the city, I needed to get to the total opposite of the town. Therefore needed to do some relying. And what happens? A direct bus pops up in front of me, and takes me directly to Vironas, my destionation this afternoon. But why would I want to go there?

To be continued. ;-)

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/14/two-new-greek-words-for-today-%ce%b1%ce%b4%ce%ad%cf%83%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b1-and-%ce%b2%ce%bb%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%86%ce%b5%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%b1/feed/ Elaborate in Greek, please http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/13/elaborate-in-greeek-please/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/13/elaborate-in-greeek-please/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:23:10 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=232 I was happy to finally meet with Aleksis Vakis, composer, arranger and music critic in several Greek music magazines and radio. Luckily my CD ended up with him a few years ago, which lead to the most wonderful reveiw in one of the largest Greek music periodicals ΔΙΦΩΝΟ (Difono). Later on we cathed up on internet, and meeting him here in Athens was truely an enriching experience. We ended up at the local radio station, doing a broadcast on ” A Dance with the Shadows” in Greek :-)

]]> http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/13/elaborate-in-greeek-please/feed/ Pantelis Thalassinos live! http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/13/pantelis-thalassions-live/ http://www.tirill.no/2008/12/13/pantelis-thalassions-live/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:50:57 +0000 tirill http://www.tirill.no/?p=226 The concert was as wonderful as I dreamed of. The band contained of 10 amazingly steady musicians playing basic instruments as keyboards, bass, drums and guitars, as well as different kinds of wonderfully played flutes and a bagpipe. A psaltery like instrument called κανών (canon) was the ultimate sound spice during the concert, and the steady and expressive violin was in great balance with the extremely attractive λάουτο (laouto). The inevitable τουμπερλέκι (toumperleki) bound it all together and lifted the atmosphere up to beneath the roof. The voice combination Pantelis Thalassinos and Melia Kana was very successful. Kana is a wonderful singer. Pantelis himself is simply an endless source of good energy and wonderful melodies and arrangements, expressed through his wonderful voice and playing. He is a rarely inclusive, warm hearted and vivid musician! The sound was AWESOME!!

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