Aslak Brekke

Aslak Brekke (October 6, 1901 – 1978) was a prominent vocalist of one of the Scandinavian poetic genres that is referred to as stev.

As a folk music singer, he was also well-known.

He was born in Vinje, Telemark.

One way to describe his style of singing, might be to use his own words, that he recited the songs, to a greater degree, rather than straightforward singing them. And often he would follow the pulse of the song, with foot-tapping.

Musical/poetic career highlights include :
* he was the first folksinger to perform on a nationwide radio-broadcast, in Norway.
* his performance at the significant concert that was held 1945, in the ceremonial hall (the "Aula" ) at the University of Oslo.
* a unique recording of the song Ståle Storli , together with Eivind Groven ( harmonium ).

The Norwegian/English edition of "Aslak Brekke og visune hans", was released in 1983.