Loretta Kelley's lyrics & chords

Loretta Kelley is an American player of the Hardanger fiddle, or hardingfele. The hardingfele is a Norwegian stringed instrument; it has four strings that are bowed like a violin and four or five sympathetic strings that resonate underneath. It is usually decorated with a carved scroll, pearl-inlaid fingerboard, and ink decorations around the instrument body. AmerikaSpel is a mostly-solo recording of Norwegian dance tunes, many from the region of Telemark. The album Hambo in the Snow, which she recorded with the fiddler Andrea Hoag and the ...read more