Happy 2010!

There are many opportunities to see me in 2010:


January 9 - Second Saturday Stav at the Eye - 1-3 (Volva Stav Intensive)

Second and Fourth Tuesdays - 7-8pm Community Stav and Song at Merlin's Rest


Classes at Ingebretsen's including Runes on January 18th and children's Norse Myth and Pageantry

Coming up in Norway during March is "Alt for Norge!" tvnorge. Kari's adventures in the homeland.
Here is another photo from the show!
http://www.dolen.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=967&Itemid=26

Keep checking back at the website for updates and archive links!
Best for the New Year!
Kari

Kari in December 2009!

Globally - "A Yuletide Celebration" cd, 1999, 10th Anniversary of the Discovering Origins Project!
Download or purchase at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kari
Other cds on cdbaby include Volva Songs (2008) and a 1997 release "Faith in Me" of original folk rock songs. (read below for Norway show!)

Twin Cities Area:
Rune Readings every Wednesday Night 6:30 - 8:30 at the Eye of Horus

December 12 - Second Saturday Stav at the Eye - 1-3 (Volva Stav Intensive)

December 13 - 10:30 Service "Gifting in Norse Tradition" at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community

December 22 - 7-8pm Community Stav and Song at Merlin's Rest

In January 2010:

Norway Only! Jan 4th, premier of "Alt for Norge!" tvnorge. Kari's adventures in the homeland.
Here is another photo from the show!
http://www.dolen.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=967&Itemid=26

Twin Cities Area:
Classes at Ingebretsen's including Runes and childrens Norse Myth and Puppetry

Rune readings at the Eye, Merlins Stav and Song, and Second Saturday Stav!

Kari Tauring hosts

free and open to the public - all ages

Merlins Rest Pub - 36th and Lake
Minneapolis, MN USA
7-8pm on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
Next events December 8 and 22.

Bring a broom handle and a wooden spoon and join us for stick rhythm and folk songs from the Northern Hemisphere!

Come early for dinner, join in when the spirit moves you!

More about Stav - http://karitauring.com/teach-volvastav.html

Live at the Capri

The above video is from our recent gig at the Capri Theater under a City of Minneapolis Great Sreets art grant and in collaboration with the Northside Arts Council.

The live cd "Kari Tauring and Huldre-Live at the Capri" is available on line at: http://nacarts.org/news/great-streets-performance-series/

A head's up for iphone users - look for a new "The Runes: A Human Journey" iphone application available by this Yule!

I'm also making headway on my new book "Volva Stav." I hope to have it available Spring 2010 along with a cd to practice along with.

I'ts a busy time between now and 2010. I hope everyone is planting their "spring bulbs" so that May is full of new projects, well underway!

Best to all,
Kari

Hibernation Time?

Oh the past few weeks here in Minnesota have been cold, snowy, just wonderful!

I am assessing my work from the beginning of May until now. Traveling to Norway changed my perspective on so many levels. Traveling around the country with my music and workshops on Volva Stav has been amazing. It has solidified both the direction I am going and the need for this path. Meeting so many people with Northern European heritage who didn't know they had a tribal root, an indigenous tradition, really kept my fire burning these past six months.

Since May we have released a new cd of brand new work. We have videos coming from live shows and I am almost finished with my new book "Volva Stav". That's a lot to bring out in 6 months time. I feel like the next three months will be the final incubation before the amazing birth.

2010 will be a crazy wonderful time. Lots of travel.
But now I will snuggle up in front of my fire and finish the details before the new year hits!

Many lovely posts to come.

October Flurry

Last night I was finally in my garden. After a long and lovely Summer of travel with performances and work shops it feels like I have three months worth of garden time to make up for. When I returned from Fargo I had a surprise of two golden mounds of wood chips and by the light of the full moon I began to spread them around. When October comes I begin to shape the garden for a cross country ski run. My son and I walk the perimeter removing any stones or sticks that might catch on our skis.

The final public perfomances for 2009 are this week.
Tuesday Oct. 6th at Mindekirke, the Norwegian Lutheran Church at 11 am. I will be adding a stav and galdor to Krauka's short set. Then we will head to Ingebretsens for a meet and greet.

Highlight of the year: Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday Oct. 8th. When Drew Miller and David Stenshoel join me in this work it raises to a new and exciting level. Add Krauka and it's like you went into a time warp where the future and the deep past are touching hands.

If you live out of town and can't make it to this show, KFAI is recording it for broadcast later and I will keep you posted!

Best October ever,
Kari

Heading North

Heading North while the geese fly south. Very typical Scandinavian.

I will be performing in Fargo area with the band Krauka from Denmark. I have been looking forward to meeting them for nearly two years. They play yearly at the Viking festival in Gudvangen, Norway, where my maternal line traces to the top of Nedberg Mountain. I had the pleasure to be there last May and my mother and aunts have just returned from visiting the Undredals and many other relations. Krauka - Festival

We will also be playing with Mandan-Hidatsa storyteller and musician, Keith Bear, who I had the pleasure of meeting this Summer at the Bush Fellows Reception. His performance is elegant and deep. I couldn't be more excited! Keith Bear

I will be performing in Minneapolis with Krauka at the Cedar Cultural Center on October 8th!
With me will be Huldu - Drew Miller and David Stenshoel from Boiled in Lead. A not-to-be-missed celebration of the Scandinavian Tap Root! - BIL