Welcome to the site for Multe, the band! If you're looking for the web site of Multe Music, the weekly hour-long audio show, go to MulteMusic.com.
Multe's current drupelets (members) represent a combined direct heritage in the Nordic countries and decades of experience studying and performing traditional music and dance:
- Jon Thore Bjork (5-row chromatic button accordion, guitar)
- Drew Dixon (guitar, vocals)
- Doug Wornson (accordion)
- Bruce Jensen (bass)
- Ruth Marie Sylte (piano accordion, trøorgel, vocals)
- and sometimes by Andrea Een (fiddle, Hardanger fiddle)
Just as a cloudberry can have a variable number of drupelets, Multe's core members — rooted in traditional Nordic music and dance — provide the base for a fluid and variable group of performers, depending upon the needs of an event and/or venue. We can provide a single soloist or instrumentalist or full dance band of six to eight players — and almost anything in between!
Almost all of Multe's members are able to play at least two different instruments. Instruments available may include regular fiddle, accordion (piano and five-row button chromatic), guitar, bass, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, harpeleik/cittra (chorded zither), mandolin, trøorgel (small, portable pump organ), and recorder, among others.
