Tikkursby on perustettu syksyllä 2011 Joensuussa Saarijärven kanteleiden eli tikkukanteleiden innoittamana. Duon musiikissa kuuluukin tämän kanteleen monipuolisuus: energinen tikutus, pehmeä näppäily ja rytmikkäät bassoriffit. Tikkursbyn ohjelmistossa on sekä pelimannimusiikkia että arkaaisia kappaleita, joihin molempien soittajien laulu tuo myös oman lisäsävynsä.

Barlast (Swedish for ballast) creates spacious new world music. The silence can be heard between the notes. Everything unnecessary is stripped away. Only the name remains as ballast.

Barlast (suomeksi painolasti) luo uutta ilmavaa maailmanmusiikkia, jonka taustalla kuuluu hiljaisuus. Tarpeeton on riisuttu pois. Ainoastaan nimestä tuli painolasti.

Barlast skapar ny världsmusik som luftar tystnaden. Allt överflödigt är borta. Endast namnet är barlast.

Philip Holm - Double bass, compositions
Heikki Hänninen - Guitars
Minna Koskenlahti - Drums and flute
Sanna Salonen - Woodwinds

Contact: hajos.eszter.kre@gmail.com

Folk songs - list of languages you can find here (24):
* Hungarian (26): Ó, bút, Megy, siet; Nagy hegyi (2x); Hegyen s; Lovam; Kimentem; Fonjunk; Szép pávák; Túl a hegyen (2x); Nem szánt-vet; Márkod; Anyám, édesanyám; Téli-nyári; Zörög a; Én víg; Országúton, Kertbe'; Áldott; Cserreg (2 variants); Este; Édesanyám; Szeretőm; Gyakran; Mé't sírsz
* Chuvash (1): Esir pire...
* Turkish (1): Ela komoxti... /2nd part/
* Kazakh (2): Жалған-ай; Бәрінен.,,
* Georgian (12): ეჰლოჯან
- Kartli: ჰერიო; ორმოში
- Guria: მზე შინა
- Khevi: მოხეური იავნანე (3 v.)
- Ach'ara: ნანაი, ნანაი; ნარდანინა
- Pshavi: ნანა (2 v.)
- Khevsureti: ხევსურული ნანა
* Laz (3): Ela komoxti /1st part/; ელე მელე...; ჰა ნანი
* Svan (1): ნანა (Svaneti)
* Ts'ova-Tush/Bats (1): ნანა (Tusheti)
* Ossetian (1): Алай
* Armenian (5): Թալիշի...; Րուրի...; Սարի...; Լուսնյակ...; Mogats...(2x)
* Greek (1): Νανούρισμα
* Swedish (2): Jag vill...; Lille Lasse
* Norwegian (6): Solbønn; Miriams...; Ekorn... (4,5x); Kor...(2,5x); Ro ro...; Lille Lisa
* Izhorian (2): Maarojani; Iloidaaks
* South Estonian (1): Väikene...
* Livonian (1): Īdõnõ...
* Lithuanian (1): Leliumoj...
* Serbian (2): Шетнала...; Вишњића...
* Bulgarian (2): Яна...; Замъчи...
* Macedonian (1): Севделино...
* Ukrainian (1): Ой, лісу...
* Old Church Slavonic (1): Хрїстось...
* Welsh (1): Dacw...
* Japanese (1): 江戸子守唄

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* Buryat (1): Сэлгээхэн Сэлэнгэ
* Icelandic (1): Móðir mín í kví, kví 

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Ones I had the pleasure to sing and play with (from the folk songs):
* Orsolya Szeverényi (3): Nagy hegyi...; Lille Lisa; Kimentem...
* Gabriella Anna Hajós (10): Вишњића..., Dacw...; Թալիշի...; Kor ska...; Ekorn...; Замъчи...; Яна...; Ой, лісу...; Mogats...; Leliumoj...
* Zsófia Kovács (5): Хрїстось...; Вишњића..., Dacw...; Թալիշի...; ეჰლოჯან
* Réka Panna Szegedi (2): მზე შინა (Guria), Ela komoxti...
* István Somogyi Karak (1): Áldott...
* Hanna Köteles (2): ჰერიო; Ekorn
* Bálint Vadas (2): ჰერიო, Iloidaaks
* Imre Kilián (1)

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Special thanks to:
* Júlia Orosz (teaching, singing together, lyrics and translations, recommendations - got the inspiration to learn Cyrillic and other alphabets): [Esir pire...]; Ó, bút...; Megy, siet...; Хрїстось...; Nagy hegyi...; Hegyen s...; Lovam...; Fonjunk; [Замъчи...]; [Szép pávák...]
* Eszter Tóth (Hungarian folk song teaching): Túl a hegyen...; Nem szánt-vet...
* Nino Naneishvili (Zoom workshops on Georgian and related folk songs 2020 summer, autumn, 2021 winter, spring)
* Tinatin Mikeladze (Georgian lullaby recordings)
* Nana Mzhavanadze (Georgian lyrics and translations)
* Aurelia Shrenker for her site ts'utisopeli.com (recordings, lyrics and translations in Georgian and related, also local and endangered languages like Udi)
* Lily Storm for her site songbat.com (lyrics and translations of folk songs in many languages)
* Kitka for making songbooks as Cradlesongs and Wintersongs.
* Tamar Buadze for making Songbook Georgia.
* Mzetamze and alazani.ge (Georgian and related)
* ybc.ge SoundCloud page (Georgian folk songs)
* Linguaphile from forum.unilang.org (essential help in Livonian, Izhorian, Estonian lyrics and translation, detailed footnotes)
* László Vikár (archive recordings, lyrics, translations, notes in many books of Chuvash, Cheremis, Tatar, Kazakh folk songs)
* Folklór Adatbázis; Zenetudományi Intézet Hangarchívum; Kallós Zoltán gyűjtései (archive recordings of Hungarian folk songs)
* Szabi Cseke (got the inspiration to learn lullabies)
* Karak (got the inspiration to learn more Hungarian folk songs)
* Sajti (got the inspiration to create polyphonic recordings, poems to the songs)
* birds, waters, winds, noises that inspire me to sing with ;)

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