Kvarts

Kvarts is a Norwegian folkmusic group with a unique profile. KVARTS stands in the crossfire between the traditional and the experimental, playing a wide variety of instruments and expressing joy in music making. The group’s CD’s have received high critical praise in newspapers, music magazines and radio. The members’ musical backgrounds range from classical to contemporary, via bluegrass and blues to folkmusic. This allows them to experiment and improvise without weakening their bonds to traditional folkmusic. The members in KVARTS («Quartz») are Jo Asgeir Lie (accordion), Øystein O. Rudi (fiddle and hardangerfiddle), Tom Willy Rustad (bass, guitars, two-row accordion) and Erlend Styve (gutitars).

Discography

1999: Kvarts
2001: Filigran
2004: Skal, skal ikkje
2006: Steinsprang

Awards

1999: Norwegian Grammy for Kvarts
2006: Norwegian Grammy for Steinsprang