The 2024–2025 school year is history, but the participants in Åsa’s music course keep on playing – on YouTube. There you’ll find four videos produced just before the end of term.
The videos feature four different groups – Isola, Taken Abback, Eilish Extensions, and Phobos – and their performances at the youth culture center Perrongen in Katrineholm on June 3.
The recordings are part of the course. Sound engineer and video editor was Gunnar Hjorth, Åsa’s audio and studio teacher.
You can find the bands’ performances on the school’s YouTube channel, @asafolkhogskola2526, and here on our website. A tip: on YouTube you can stream videos from and with the music course going back several years!
Click on each band’s picture, turn up the volume, and enjoy.
Isola breathes new life into Kent’s beloved musical treasure with rearranged versions of both well-known and hidden gems. Isola captures Kent’s melancholic sound and captivating lyrics while putting their own stamp on it with music influenced by jazz, funk, and folk. The band offers listeners an intimate and powerful experience as they honor Kent in new guises.
Isola consists of: Jenny Appelquist, vocals; Samuel Lejonclou, tenor saxophone; Klara Sahlin, guitar; Hannes Löfström, keys; Oliver Eriksson, bass; Olle Hammarberg, drums.
Taken Abback pays tribute to the hit machine ABBA by looking back at the group’s history and writing new, unique arrangements of their most famous songs as well as forgotten favorites. With a broad sound spanning several genres, the iconic melodies and lyrics are given new life. Listeners are treated to jazz, pop, folk, and fusion influences, while the essence of ABBA always remains at the forefront.
Taken Abback consists of: Majken Cederholm, vocals; Isa Eklund Richard, clarinet; Charlie Jansson, guitar and cello; Theodor Björk, keys and vocals; Pontus Niklasson, bass; Joakim Fränne, drums.
Eilish Extensions interprets Billie Eilish’s well-known songs in fresh versions. With a sound that crosses genre boundaries between jazz, funk, R’n’B, and drum’n’bass, they deliver an atmospheric and groovy set.
Eilish Extensions consists of: Matilda Gramenius, vocals; Maria Sanchez Hansen, keys; Hjalmar Nilsen, guitar; Damjan Dimkovski, bass; Oscar Pettersson, drums; Jonatan Öhrn, tenor saxophone.
Phobos interprets Phoebe Bridgers with a unique folk/fusion set. Through selected works, their own arrangements meet Bridgers’ raw, melancholic world – in a personal and vulnerable interpretation.
Phobos consists of: Ella Almfors, vocals; Olle Dahlin, bass; Alicia Eklund, tenor saxophone; Martin Lundqvist, piano; Philip Weejs, guitar; Benjamin Sidibeh Zetterlund, drums.
Text and photos: The Music Course and Henrik Wising