Roger Tallroth

Location:
Uppsala, Uppsala län, SE
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Folk / Acoustic / Experimental
Site(s):
Label:
North Side
Roger Tallroth has been a fulltime musician, arranger and composer since 1990. Best known from his main band Väsen and maybe also as the composer of "Johsefines Waltz", a tune that has spread beyond imagination all over the world.



Beside Väsen Roger have had a influence as performer and arranger/composer in bands Sofia Karlsson band (S) Gunnel Mauritzon Band (S), Annbjørg Lien band (N), a.o.



Roger is heard on many records and Cd's as performer but also as arranger/producer.

To mension a few of this years collection, so far:



"Hotas", 2007 - Tsuumi Sound System (Fin) as a producer here's some quoted critics:"



Tsuumi Sound System’s latest album Hotas is currently receiving noteworthy

praise in the international press circuit. The highly-regarded World Music

magazine Songlines chose Hotas as their “Top of the World” album of the

month in January. The magazine awarded the album a 5/5 rating and stated

that it sets new standards for making the perfect album. The German

magazine In Music also awarded Hotas the perfect rating of five stars.



“Unpredictable and thrilling Finnish folk which sets a new benchmark of

how to make a perfect album”. (Songlines)



In Germany Hotas is a nominee for the country’s music critics’ award ("Preis

der deutschen Schallplattenkritik") for the first quarter of 2008 in the

category “Folk & Folklore”."



"Linnaeus Väsen", 2007 - Väsen quartet (S)



"Visor från Vinden", 2007 - Sofia Karlsson (S)



"Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen released 2007 on Adventure Music



"Midnight May Monday" Karen Tweed, Timo Alakotila, Emma Reid and Roger Tallroth (UK, Fin, & S) 2008



"Mon" together with Göran Månsson (S) 2006



"Borderland" with Ingunn Bjorgo Band (N) 2007



With his own invented tuning and his twelvestring guitar Roger has developed a distinctive sound and way of playing of his own. In addition to the guitar, he plays the Swedish bouzoki, fiddle, tenorguitar ao. Roger got his MFA in 1988 at the University of Örebro. He has about 50 or so followers throughout the world using his special tuning, a number still growing. He has given numerous seminars around Europe and the US.



Väsen joue Josefin vals



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Darol Anger with Vasen



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Josefin's Waltz Live at StringNation 2007



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