Allan MacDonald is acknowledged to be one of the great contemporary bearers of the Scots-Gaelic musical heritage.

Look out for hand-forged lamellas!

Kyrre Matias Goksøyr is the new chair of the Norwegian Jew’s Harp Forum.

“A relief to step down, although it’s meant a lot”

“Skjoldmøyan” – Warlike Musical Maidens.

‘I need powerful Jew’s harps that can take a beating,’ says Kenneth Lien.

Mikhailo Nechay (1930–2011) was a mol’far, traditional healer, a “white wizard” – some would say a shaman.

This year’s Jew’s harp festival will be at Romsdalsmuseet, the local museum in Molde.

Vegårsheiingen or Adam in Paradise.

Munnharpa brings you hot-off-the-press interviews, musical deep dives and all the latest news about what’s going on in the Jew’s harp world, both in and outside Norway.

Here at Munnharpa, we’ll be regularly publishing transcriptions of Jew’s harp tunes. So here are a few thoughts about using sheet music, along with concrete explanations of the thinking behind the notation.

Did you know that ‘Fanitullen’ is related to a relatively rare tune with a similarly devilish name?

Ånon Egeland's best advice for building a repertoire on the Jew’s harp.

Now you can finally listen to the formidable Jew’s harp player Angus Lawrie in the Scottish archives.

Jaan Rand from Estonia played the kannel (the Estonian kantele), the two-row melodeon and “always had a Jew’s harp with him”.

After an academic exchange in Rauland, Cätlin Mägi dug the Estonian Jew’s harp tradition up from the archives.