Helga Myhr - Slåttespel (CD/LP)

Most of us can agree that music is not a competition. However, the National Championship for Norwegian Folk Music and Dance (Landskappleiken) has been an important annual event since it´s inception in 1896. In 2025, the jury deemed Helga Myhr to be Norway’s finest hardanger fiddle player, after performing tunes from her native valley Hallingdal.

Since she released her solo debut “Natten veller seg ut” in 2019, Myhr has established herself as a flexible musician; at home in contemporary and improvised settings (Dei Kjenslevare, duo with Tanja Orning or in collaboration with Mats Gustafsson), as well as in a myriad of different expressions rooted in various Norwegian traditions. “Slåttespel” offers the first possibility of hearing Myhr exclusively playing traditional tunes from Hallingdal; the music she grew up playing, and that she has been working with for all her musical life.

Myhr is performing on three different fiddles;

Gunnar A. Røstad, 1915

Anders C. Kleven, 1898

Gjermund Tjønn, 1974

…with a bow made by Niels J. Røine in 2019.

Not only are the tunes and performance impeccable; “Slåttespel” also sounds amazing, thanks to wizards Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (recording & mix) & Helge Sten (master).

Artist: Helga Myhr

Title: Slåttespel

Catalog number: MOT45

Format: LP/CD/Digital

Release date: 29.05.2026

Produced by: Rasmus Kjorstad

Recorded & mixed by: Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard

Mastered by: Helge Sten

Artwork by: Solveig Lønseth

Side A:

A1 – Den synste

A2 – Den som rullar ette golvé

A3 – Springar etter Engebret Ødegård

A4 – Laus etter Helleik Kvanneberg

A5 – Asle Strand

A6 – Basken

A7 – Kvannebergen

Side B:

B1 – Livet på Sandehussletta

B2 – Store-Dekken

B3 – Eglefisken

B4 – Låa

B5 – Riddalskongjin

B6 – Brennheiten

B7 – Skøren

B8 – Åse Villand