Jensen & Bugge tour in the Pacific Northwest in October 2014
The duo JENSEN & BUGGE will be back on tour in the United States in October 2014 – this time in the Pacific Northwest, where they will play traditional Danish Folk Music.
The tour schedule is listed below, but there are still more venues being booked and three days aren’t confirmed completely yet, so JENSEN & BUGGE recommend people following the latest news on their website and Facebook page:
Tour Schedule on October 10 – 20, 2014
JENSEN & BUGGE on tour in the Pacific Northwest, USA & Canada
* Friday, October 10 at 7:30 pm: House concert at the N. Seattle home of Valerie and Brad (near Lake City) RSVP: valjc@juno.com or tel: (206) 784-5788
* Saturday, October 11: Olympia Dance with Jamie Fox! www.olympiadance.org
* Sunday, October 12: Vancouver BC, Danish Lutheran Church www.danishchurch.vancouver.bc.ca
* Monday, October 13 at 7:00 pm: House concert: 4346 King Mountain Road, Bellingham 98226. Rsvp: judylaub@juno.com or tel (206) 235-3715
* Tuesday, October 14 at 7:30 pm: Portland House concert www.abbiegw.wordpress.com
* Wednesday, October 15: TBC
* Thursday, October 16: TBC
* Friday, October 17: TBC
* Saturday, October 18: Port Townsend www.ptpourhouse.com
* Sunday, October 19: Workshops Seattle
* Monday, October 20 at 7:30 pm: House Concert in Olympia, Washington. Rsvp: newroomconcerts@comcast.net or tel (360) 561-5490
For more on the tour schedule, visit www.jensen-bugge.dk
About Jensen & Bugge Duo
The duo JENSEN & BUGGE has played together for 12 years, despite their young age. They have been touring in the States for 8 years. They last played no less than 14 concerts featuring accordion player Dwight Lamb of Onawa, Iowa. Again in May this year they toured with Dwight in the Midwest and in October the duo is back on the road in the Pacific Nothwest!
Both Mette and Kristian have won coveted Danish Music Award Folk prizes (Danish Grammy). In 2007 Mette Kathrine Jensen was awarded traditional artist of the year, and in 2006 at the same event Kristian Bugge received the awards for debut and instrumentalist of the year! Recently the duo received the “Traditional Music Award” at Danish Music Award Folk ceremony in November 2012!
Mette and Kristian have known each other since they were kids when they lived 3 kilometers from each other – near Vejle, Jutland, Denmark. Since then, they have played for lots of dances and concerts in Denmark and many other countries, such as USA, Canada, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, South Korea and Poland.
The duo has extensive experience in playing for dancing, both together and separately or with other musicians, as well as teaching workshops and playing lots of concerts in many countries.
The DVD, “Project Dialect“, was released in 2010 and was the first release in the name of JENSEN & BUGGE! After that followed the CDs: “Sea and Land” and “Dwight Lamb, Jensen & Bugge Live in Denmark 2010” all of which are for sale at gigs and available straight from the record company at www.folkshop.dk
Meet Mette Kathrine Jensen: Accordion and Kristian Bugge: Fiddle
Learn more at:
Website: www.jensen-bugge.dk
Record company: www.gofolk.dk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jensenbugge
Tastes of the music: www.myspace.com/jensenbugge
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pscceCpxTL8
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