In 2008 Norland Wind celebrated their 15th anniversary. It was 1993 when Kerstin and I started off as a duo. The band has been growing ever since.

Thanks to you, our dear friends and supporters out there! 

Now it is 2010, so have a look at the  17 years of Norland Wind gallery.


Please write your comments, opinions and questions to thomas@norlandwind.eu.


See you soon somewhere near you,

                                                        Thomas

Norland Wind 1993



New CD: “Fine Arts”  (May 2010)

Lutz Gerlach (keyboards) with Thomas Loefke (harp) and Jens Naumilkat (cello) LGM-records

18 new compositions by Lutz Gerlach, pianist and composer from Ahrenshoop/Germany. Wonderful instrumental music full of enchantment, dreams and energy.  Sound file




Kerstin‘s newest CD is her live album “Kelpie live“
The “Celtic-Scandinavian Dream-Team“, Kerstin Blodig and Ian Melrose, have just released an audiophile live recording,  mixed by master sound engineer Jörg Surrey. Many popular and often-requested songs from the Kelpie live programme are now available on CD.





New release: Máire Breatnach - Cranna Ceoil

Máire Breatnach has just released her 5th Solo Album. It is called “Cranna Ceoil“ featuring slow Airs and melodies written by her over the last couple of years. Intense music of sheer beauty, emotion and grace which moves me to tears. I have been saying Máire‘s CD “Celtic Lovers“ is the most beautiful Irish album of all times. Now I think that title should go to “Cranna Ceoill“.    Máire, I love your music!



Acoustic Eidolon and Thomas are just back from a tour in Florida, their collaboration will continue with German tours in April/ May and October 2010. At the moment they are working on a trio CD due to be released in October.

The 8th Acoustic Eidolon CD “Winter`s Call“ has been just released (Nov. 2009) www.acousticeidolon.com


Final picture of the Celtic Music Festival 2009 in Berlin: 19.12.2009: Lutz Gerlach, Chris Newman, Máire Ní Cháthasaigh, Thomas Loefke, Ian Melrose, Kerstin Blodig.

Máire Ní Cháthasaigh was Thomas ‘harp teacher many years ago when he hitched from Dublin to Cork nearly every Friday to get his harp lesson.

Norland Wind‘s guests at the Celtic Music Festival 2010 on December 18 will be Máire‘s sister Nollaig Casey and her partner Arty Mc Glynn.


Thomas Loefke & friends - Departures
Early Travels to the Celtic Northwest       Laika Records 3510247.2

This new release is a compilation of recordings from the albums "New Music for Celtic Harp" and "Norland Wind" which have been out of print for a couple of years.
The recordings were wonderfully remastered by
Jörg Surrey and I am happy that these tunes are now back out there for you to listen to and enjoy.


New release November 2008: Thomas Loefke & Lutz Gerlach
Silent Conspiration  LGM-records

Lutz Gerlach, Pianist and composer from Ahrenshoop/Germany, and Thomas met for the first time last May for a concert. So they formed the “probably first ever Grand Piano / Celtic harp duo”.
The unusual sound can be heard now on a CD with compositions by Lutz and Thomas.

                     Sound files



The Canada tour with Acoustic Eidolon and a solo concert in Victoria on Vancouver Island gave Thomas the opportunity to do the journey he has been dreaming of for a long time: The Skeena train from Jaspers in the Rocky Mountains along the Skeena River to Prince Rupert on the Pacific coast and further on by ship through the Inside Passage to Vancouver Island - a phantastic 4 day trip in the northwest of Canada. Of course he got inspiration for a new tune: ”The Skeena”. Pictures of the trip are on the gallery of the month page.



Kerstin Blodig - Nordisk Sjel (Nordic Soul) Westpark Music 87160

Kerstin's album "Nordisk Sjel" is a collection of her favourite songs from her projects Kelpie, Talking Water and her solo program together with new songs written in collaboration with Scottish songwriter and producer Bob Melrose. With lush pop sounds, or minimalistic folk patterns, with cheerful and melancholic moods, full of dreams and visions and with a great sense of humour Kerstin takes us on a musical journey from Norway across the North sea to Scotland and back home to the land of trolls and elfs, breathtaking landscapes and fascinating myths and folklore.



Thomas Loefke & friends - Northern Isles
Harp Instrumentals from the Celtic Northwest       Laika Records 3510219.2

Islands in the North Atlantic, like Tory Island - the Irish island of legend and myth, the Hebridean Island of Staffa or the wild archipelago of the Faroe Islands situated between the Shetlands and Iceland - these are the places where Thomas spends a considerable amount of time every year to compose music. Dramatic coastal landscapes, the wide open space of the Atlantic ocean and the ever changing sky reflect in the pieces of music written there. 

On "Northern Isles" Thomas is joined by his friends and colleagues of Norland Wind and Acoustic Eidolon:
Ian Melrose (guitar, low whistle, synth), Máire Breatnach (fiddle, viola), Kerstin Blodig (guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán, vocals), Noel Duggan (guitar), Pádraig Duggan (mandolin), Hannah Alkire (cello) and 
Joe Scott (double neck guitjo, guitar, whistles).

Enjoy the galleries with some of Thomas' Northern Isles pictures:

                                Northern Isles Picture Gallery I    Northern Isles Picture Gallery II & III


All CDs mentioned above are available through the artists' websites or through thomas@norlandwind.eu

 
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