When I Listen To Bingsjö

20 July – 12 September

An exhibition about musician Bridget Marsden’s encounter with the Bingsjö folk music tradition.

“What was it about the Bingsjö folk music tradition that managed to entice me here from England?”


Bingsjö (a village in Dalarna) is a well-known term in Swedish folk music, something which the annual Bingsjöstämman, as the festival is known, has contributed greatly to. But for Bridget, Bingsjö music is a music tradition that has come about through meetings between different musicians. Several of the many strong personalities who are part of the Bingsjö tradition are not from the actual village. What they all have in common is that they got hooked by the music itself.

The exhibition is about Bridget’s encounter with these personalities, including Päkkos Gustaf, Nils Agenmark and Ole Hjorth, and their music.

Bridget Marsden at Myspace