The Finnish Cabin and Fiddle House • Casey Driessen & Esko Järvelä [OTHERLANDS: Finland]

[@goranfalt6114]

Mycket fint spel och vacker film!

[@hamwhacker]

I love the atmosphere created in the video. It is so beautiful. Love the backdrop of the snowy landscape and traditional wooden buildings. Love your hat. Love the violin roundabout. Love violin chopping its amazing (you are the chopmeister.) Love the woodpecker nice touch 😀 Love the whole tune it is outstanding. You both breathe quality into life ❤️❤️ Thank you!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Thank you so much for listening and sharing your thoughts. That small red cabin (not the one one the river's edge) is where we were locked down. Having real snow for the first time in a couple years was lovely. Thanks to Esko for introducing me to these tunes!

[@kymwarner7413]

Absolutely beautiful. Lovely footage... inspiring!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Thanks Kym! Add these polskas to your tune rep and let's jam!

[@stephanietorres5679]

Good performance....bravo!!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Thanks! Are you a fan of Finnish tunes?

[@pianaangel9420]

Thanks Christian Howes’ Creative Strings Podcast for directing me here. Wonderful!!!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Thanks for stopping by and having a listen! Please check out Esko's other projects :-)

[@violacharlie]

Such beautiful music and a great video. I wonder what the collective term is for a duet of 5 string fiddles? A decacorde of quiddles? Woooohoooooo

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Many thanks! Oooo, I like that. I've often thought a 5-string fiddle needed its own name...perhaps the Pentachord.

[@violacharlie]

@@CaseyDriessenMusic Aye. Pentacord, Quiddle, Quintolin, Viola Pentamore, Desiel violin haha

[@calebbhawkins]

I love his Bowing style! Also who made his 5 string? Sounds pretty sweet!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Yeah, Esko is great. The town of Kaustinen is known for its distinctive fiddling and bowing. His 5-string is made by KC Strings.

[@calebbhawkins]

@@CaseyDriessenMusic nice! I have a KC Strings 5 string also, though it’s an early model and rather crudely built.

[@ColinBeasley]

This is awesome! Such a cool project. Do you have your arrangements written out? If so, I’d love to get my hands on them.

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Glad you’re enjoying Otherlands! Arrangements aren’t written since they develop during the collaboration. Thanks for the interest :-)

[@genfisher2456]

You don't happen to know where I could find a copy of the VPS? Like, do I litrally have to go routing through second hand book shops in Finland? Cause this is beautiful, I've been struggling to find any sources to learn these off, even recordings, especially as I live no where near Finland. I so want an album of you playing together, it is just beautiful

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

Thanks for listening and glad you enjoy the collaboration. Sorry, I don't know where to snag a copy of the VPS. For resources in-print, I'd recommend reaching out to Esko, Antti, or Arto Järvelä (cousins) via FB or IG. I also have a public Otherlands:FINLAND playlist on my Spotify where you can explore different tunes and artists. Cheers!

[@genfisher2456]

@@CaseyDriessenMusic Already had the Spotify playlist on repeat! Can't get enough of it. Thanks for the suggestions, I hope you do more collabs like this in the future!

[@CaseyDriessenMusic]

@@genfisher2456 Excellent! Great tunes in there 🙂

[@edufiddle]

CRACK!!