Hello every one! I'm new to mudcat, and this is my first official post here...

I grew up with swedish folk music, mostly polska (NOT, I repeat NOT polka!!!) and Bellman, a famous swedeich composer frpm the 16th century. My mother played the violin, and my father comes from a very active musician family, even thugh he newer played any instrument.

I started by playing the recorder, went on to play bass in a heavy metal band, from there I got to play guitar in several blues bands, and finally, today, I play tinflute, guitar and mandolin in an Irish folk music band in Sweden.

Why Irish music? It was Josh White who got me on the track, by singing Molly Malone and The Ballad of Sam Hall. Then, I bought a vinyl LP with the Grehan Sisters, and I was caught by the rythm and the feeling of Irish music.