Medusa Quartet + Aske Skat

Name: Medusa Quartet + Aske Skat
Start: 2026-10-08T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Råhuset

took place · 8 Oct 2026

Råhuset, Copenhagen

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Medusa Quartet brings rare instruments and musical traditions from across Europe, the Middle East and North America to Råhuset on Vesterbro on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 19:30. This is one of two Danish dates for the ensemble. Aske Skat opens the evening with alternative Americana. Råhuset occupies a former veterinary inspection building in the Brune Kødby and has hosted over 150 concerts annually since 2006, with a focus on alternative music. The venue sits on Onkel Dannys Plads. Tickets cost 120 kr.

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About the venue: Råhuset

Råhuset is a small music venue on Onkel Dannys Plads in the Vesterbro district, housed in the former veterinary inspection building in the Brune Kødby - which is also where the name comes from. Since 2006 it has hosted more than 150 concerts a year, with a focus on alternative music from Denmark and abroad, and it has built a reputation for championing emerging artists and niche genres.

Onkel Dannys Plads 7, 1711 København V Get directions

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About: Medusa Quartet

The Canadian ensemble Medusa Quartet plays rare and modern string instruments, weaving together Middle Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European musical traditions into a genre-bending live show. The group brings its new album 'Weaving Gold in Broken Places' to Denmark in October 2026.

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people in the world who can play the suka and płock-fidel instruments

2024

year for CFMA nomination as Instrumental Group of the Year

What's new

2026-02-19
Medusa Quartet released their first full-length album 'Weaving Gold in Broken Places', inspired by the Japanese kintsugi tradition.
2026-10
The quartet is touring Denmark in October 2026 with concerts in Copenhagen, Sønderborg and Faaborg, among others.
2026
The band has also toured in Canada, USA and Britain with performances at, among others, Calgary Folk Music Festival and Roy Thomson Hall.

Tour

KøbenhavnSønderborgFaaborg

Tracks

Weaving Gold in Broken Placesdebut full-length album, released February 2026, inspired by Japanese kintsugi

Tamzarasingle from the album, released January 2026

Vulgar Bulgarsingle with Persian percussion by Naghmeh Farahmand

Medusa EPdebut EP from 2023, CFMA-nominated

Kerry Polskaweaves a theme from Sibelius' 5th symphony into a contemporary folk melody

About: Aske Skat

A southern Funen americana artist rooted in psychedelic country, Aske Skat has toured across Scandinavia and Canada and releases his fourth album in 2026, co-produced with J.TEX. He also runs the Country Moon Records label and is a regular voice on DR P6.

concerts in one month with The Bobby Tenderloin Universe (Denmark and Sweden, 2024)

studio albums released since the debut in 2020

What's new

2026
Aske Skat releases his fourth album - produced in collaboration with J.TEX - in connection with a joint tour in summer and late summer 2026.
2026-08
Aske Skat is touring in Denmark and Sweden with The Bobby Tenderloin Universe and J.TEX under the name The Country Moon Caravan.
2025-10
Aske Skat performed a concert with J.TEX at Kulturværftet & Toldkammeret in Helsingør in October 2025.

Tour

Kongens LyngbyOdenseAalborgKøbenhavnAabenraaFernie

Tracks

Riding Silver MindDebut album from 2020, released on vinyl - entire edition sold out

The HighlandSecond album, released December 2021 with Psychedelic Country Band

With The Freaks From Normal StreetThird album, released with the band Freaks from Normal Street

SwedenFourth album (2026), produced in collaboration with J.TEX on Country Moon Records

Doctor MorphineOpening track from the debut album Riding Silver Mind

Recent shows

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May 27, 2022 John Dee, Oslo (NO)

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