A 2008 Semi-Finalist in The Prairie Home Companion "People in their 20s Talent Show"

Hello! I am Andreas Transø, a storyteller, writer and musician based out of the Ocooch Mountains of the Driftless Region in Southwestern Wisconsin, United States of America, on the Planet Earth...

Performing mostly traditional and contemporary Irish, English, Scottish and American folk music, I do my best to travel around learning and sharing stories, songs and dances and spreading the messages of peace and community.

I often travel as THE HANDFUL OF EARTH, a project that strives to support and encourage the traditional and folk music scenes in the areas I travel to by my being involved in the local jams and sessions and by hiring local musicians to play with me during my gigs. I have toured and performed with a number of fantastic musicians...and am always looking to do more!

When not on the road, I work on-and-off as a reporter and copy editor for The Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout newspaper in Gays Mills, Wisconsin, on the banks of the lovely Kickapoo River. I also volunteer with the Gays Mills Natural Foods Co-operative and with the InHealth Community Wellness Clinic (Boscobel Free Clinic), which my family founded in 2007. Between the spring of 2007 and the fall of 2008, I lived and worked at the Frog and Toad Land Trust, an off-the-grid organic farming and living co-operative in Crawford County, Wisconsin. 

My travels as a student have taken me to study Irish music, history and culture at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Music Centre in Limerick, Ireland, the Oideas Gael Gaelic Language School in County Donegal, Ireland and at St. Mary’s College in London, England. I have also studied world cultures, theatre, music and history at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and through the UW-Milwaukee Celtic Studies Department.

I am a bodhrán player with the International Peace Ambassador group The Call For Peace Drum and Dance Company, and sometimes work with The Great Midwestern Educational Theater Company, the group that hosts the acclaimed Frogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

When in Northern Ireland, I work for BINGBANGBONG, the ingenius instrument design and building workshop founded and run by Paul Marshall. My work with Paul has included building instruments for the internationally-acclaimed theatrical percussion ensemble STOMP!, as well as for schools, sound playgrounds, and civic art installations around the UK and Ireland. 

From THE IRISH AMERICAN NEWS out of Chicago, Illinois. The RAISED ON SONGS AND STORIES column by SHAY CLARKE. September 2007

"I met a singer there, Andreas Transo, yep a Danish/Irish cheesehead from Frog and Toad Wisconsin… amazing voice...He sang a song “Bridget Donahue” it was terrific, exceptional. He played at Milwaukee the following week with a band called “Cé.” Look out for him, you will be hearing more. I look forward to hearing him again and would love to have him sing live on our radio show, Blarney on the Air. Blarney on the Air is every Monday on WDCB 90.9 FM in Chicagoland from 7-9 p.m. and streaming worldwide at WDCM.org."

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I’ve had a number of people ask me about the InHealth Community Wellness Clinic, a.k.a. the Boscobel Free Clinic, that my mother has started. The clinic is located in the lower level of the Associated Balance and Hearing Clinic in Boscobel, facing the Tuffley Center parking lot.

Boscobel Free Clinic Hours

Every Monday from 5-8pm in the evening

1st and 3rd Saturday mornings from 9am - 12noon

 NOW OPEN!!!

THE BOSCOBEL THRIFT STORE

All monies go towards the support of the thrift store and the Boscobel Free Clinic. The thrift store is located on Highway 61/Elm Street in Boscobel, next to Krachey's and the Subway.