First episode of my Shetland saga (2012-2014) – just a warm-up chapter that focuses on the beginning of my involvement in the Shetland music scene, when I did not know many people, and barely scratching the surface. All shot before I upgraded my equipment and was rehearsing for the real thing. Facebook version: YouTube version:
Tushkar and Marie Pottinger’s Reel (Ronnie Cooper)
This is a version of two Shetland reels by Ronnie Cooper that I made with Louise Teunissen. This work bridges, musically, Shetland melodies with Brazilian rhythms and solos. All the images are part of my personal ethnographic archive, from my PhD fieldwork in the community (2012-2014).
Troppo Funk: Chameleon at the Legion
Troppo Funk: Chameleon (Herbie Hancock) Norman Willmore, EWI Joe Watt, guitar Max Tyler, keyboard Hayden Hook, bass Lewis Murray, drums filmed and edited by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes, April 2014 sound by Stevie Hook at WobblyGang
Shetland Folk Festival 2013 – Final Fling Sessions at Islesburgh
with Bryan Gear, fiddle Maurice Henderson, fiddle April Verch, fiddle Derek Hendry, piano Alison Laurenson, fiddle Michael Graubæk, fiddle Dave Jackson, guitar Recorded by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes at the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival, Final Fling night. Video Copyright © Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes 2016 Nikon Camera audio restoration by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes, Leiden, Netherlands, 2016.
SMUHA HOP 2013: Rognvald “The Wise” Eysteinsson
March 9th 2013, Cunningsburgh, Shetland. South Mainland Up Helly Aa, the ‘HOP’ night. Maskarade had played their set, and Muddy Bay was onstage when the Jarl Squad joined them for a number of tunes, followed by a speech by Rognvald “The Wise” Eysteinsson, Dale Smith. This clip provides us with a sense of the…
SpootHawk and Game of Thrones — Life-Mind-Play
GAME of THRONES ‘IN PLAIN SIGHT’ ***VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED*** Music by SpootHawk – https://www.facebook.com/SpootHawk/ Video edited by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes and Louise Teunissen This is a creative project in film editing and media anthropology. The idea came up to me after watching the final episode of Game of Thrones, season 6. So, there are plenty…
Shetland Music: 2013-2014
This experimental video was conceived for a plenary presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) entitled ‘Collaboration, Intimacy and Revolution‘ (see full program). I edited the video in Shetland, and showed it to different people throughout the editing process. Stevie Hook mastered the audio in Lerwick, which was put together from…
Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes “Spree: Shetland’s Epistemological Tradition of Music Making”
Originally posted on CaMP Anthropology:
REFRACTING the NINETY-NINTH LAYER I lived for two years in Shetland, a Scottish archipelago of 23 thousand inhabitants, at latitude 60 North. One in every ten residents is a proficient fiddler. There, spreeing, making and listening to music with friends all night, unconcerned about time, is the core practice of…
Shetland Fieldwork Trajectory Map
This interactive map is an overview of my audiovisual archive. It places and dates musical experiences and conversations that I documented in audio and video during my fieldwork in Shetland.
Fetlar Spree #7: Fetlar Foxtrot
Joe Jamieson, fiddle. Maurice Henderson, fiddle. Kris Drever, acoustic guitar. Performed at the Fetlar Hall, July 19th 2014. For the Love of Folk presents: North Atlantic Sessions. Organised by Maurice Henderson, Lois Nicol and Lewie Peterson. Live Audio by Jonathan Ritch. Filmed and Recorded by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes in the Isle of Fetlar, Shetland, UK. Audiovisual…
Fetlar Spree #6: Teevliks and Friends
Tune SET: 1. 60 Fathom Reel (Alex Couper). 2. The Mouth of the Tobique (French Canadian Trad). 3. Dinky’s (Irish Trad). Teevliks: Martha Thomson, fiddle. Patrick Mainland, guitar. Max Tyler, keys. Hayden Hook, bass. Norman Willmore, drums. Friends: Lois Nicol, fiddle. Liza Fullerton, fiddle. Mary Rutherford, fiddle. Lewie Peterson, banjo. Ewen Thomson, fiddle. Maurice Henderson,…
Fetlar Spree #5: That Lucky Old Sun
Kris Drever, vocals and guitar. Louise Thomason, backing vocals. Hayden Michael Zappa Hook, bass. Alison Laurenson, snare. Performed at the Fetlar Hall, July 19th 2014. For the Love of Folk presents: North Atlantic Sessions. Organised by Maurice Henderson, Lois Nicol and Lewie Peterson. Live Audio by Jonathan Ritch. Filmed and Recorded in the Isle of…
Fetlar Spree #4: Beeswing Hornpipe + Mam and Dad’s Reel
Mary Rutherford, fiddle. Kris Drever, guitar. Hayden Michael Zappa Hook, bass. Performed at the Fetlar Hall, July 19th 2014. For the Love of Folk presents: North Atlantic Sessions. Organised by Maurice Henderson, Lois Nicol and Lewie Peterson. Live Audio by Jonathan Ritch. Filmed and Recorded in the Isle of Fetlar, Shetland, UK, July 19th-20th, 2014…
Fetlar Spree #3: Winyadepla and Hjogravylta
Joe Jamieson, fiddle. Maurice Henderson, fiddle. Kris Drever, acoustic guitar. Performed at the Fetlar Hall, July 19th 2014. For the Love of Folk presents: North Atlantic Sessions. Organised by Maurice Henderson, Lois Nicol and Lewie Peterson. Live Audio by Jonathan Ritch. Filmed and Recorded by Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes in the Isle of Fetlar, Shetland, UK. Audiovisual…
Fetlar Spree #2: Jerusalem’s Ridge
Peter Gear, fiddle. Ewen Thomson, fiddle. Maurice Henderson, fiddle. Jonny Polson, guitar. Kris Drever, guitar. Bryan Peterson, bass. Lewie Peterson, banjo. Performed at the Fetlar Hall, July 19th 2014. (read the local REVIEW) For the Love of Folk presents: North Atlantic Sessions. Organized by Maurice Henderson, Lois Nicol and Lewie Peterson. Live Audio by Jonathan…
Making Music in Shetland 