Andreas Transø, Folk Musician and Storyteller
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 Frog & Toad Land Trust in the Ocooch Mountains of the Driftless Region in Southwestern Wisconsin. Performing mostly traditional and contemporary Irish and original folk music, I do my best to travel around learning and sharing knowledge and spreading the message 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 back 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 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.
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, the Oideas Gael Gaelic Language School in Donegal and at St. Mary’s College in London, England. I have also studied world cultures, theatre, anthropology and history at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville and Milwaukee.
I am also a bodhrán player with the International Peace Ambassador group The Call For Peace Drum and Dance Company, and work with The Great Midwestern Educational Theater Company, of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, the group that hosts the acclaimed Frogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
I have also worked for BINGBANGBONG, the ingenius instrument design and building workshop founded and run by Paul Marshall near Belfast in Northern Ireland. My work with Paul has included building instruments for the internationally-acclaimed theatrical percussion ensemble STOMP!
I play:
-a BROCK ROBINSON bodhrán
-whatever tin whistles I have lying around
-spoons of varying sizes, shapes, purposes and make
-a Yamaha FG-375SII guitar (big thanks to Steve Twigger!)
-various other things, like saxophones and clarinets and mandolas and bouzoukis and bones....
My first review!!!
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."
hooray!!!
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A little bit about Frog & Toad
Frog & Toad Land Trust is 80 acres in a valley full of fresh water, good tunes, good earth and great gardens. a few houses and some assorted creatures...We are designed to be a sustainable biodynamic ecological organic farming and living community....quite an undertaking, but it is brilliant! You should see my solar grid!!! It’s practically bigger than my cabin;)
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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
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