Tim & Jonnic – Nordic & Austrian Folk Duo

The duo

With intimate interplay and a rare, detailed approach to rhythmical and agogical nuances, Tim & Jonnic approach the Nordic and Austrian folk music traditions with open eyes, playfulness — and respect for the music, the people and the history behind it.

Instruments: Styrian accordion & guitar
Based in: Sweden & Austria
New album: diaTonic · 2026

Album cover of diaTonic: a white line drawing of a plant on dark green

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01 Music

diaTonic

Released 24 July 2026 13 tracks · 41 min CD & digital Recorded, mixed & mastered by Jonny Kölbl · autumn 2025

Our first full-length album. Thirteen tunes from the past few years — fun, and sometimes a bit strange: polkkas and polskas, waltzes, a Zwiefacher and our own compositions, shaped by the Nordic and Austrian traditions we love.

Get the CD, buy it on Bandcamp or stream it wherever you listen to music.

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TracklistPreview

Click a title to hear a one-minute preview. The full album is on all platforms.

The diaTonic CD and sleeve lying on a mossy rock

The dark green diaTonic sleeve on a rock

Opened diaTonic digipak showing the printed CD

Track 01 · composed by Timmy

Vergangar

“A reminder to see the colours in the greyscale.”

In the middle of a cold, wet and foggy winter, before the first snow has stuck to the ground, it can feel as if summer, warmth and colour have been lost forever. “Vergangar” is about the cyclical nature of life — what spring feels like in the middle of the cold and the darkness.

Timmy wrote the tune in autumn 2022 while living in Helsinki. The name is a play on words: the German vergangen (past, bygone) meets the Norwegian gangar, the traditional tune type that inspired it.

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Track 04 · composed by Jonny

Halo

“A playful encounter between the waltz and the walking tune.”

Halo depicts an intimate conversation between moving on — going from one place to another in life — and staying put in time and space, enjoying the moment by waltzing.

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The album was supported by

02 Live

Upcoming concerts

Concerts, festivals, sessions and workshops — from intimate house concerts to big festival stages.

Selected stages

2025National Folk FestivalCanberraCanberra, AU 2026Akkordeonfestival WienNordic dance workshop & sessionVienna, AT 2023folkArt FestivalOrpheum GrazGraz, AT 2026Musikverein Wien“Agathes Wunderkoffer”Vienna, AT 2026ORF Hör- und SeebühneStage of ORF StyriaGraz, AT 2026Kultursommer Wienalso in 2024Vienna, AT 2026Tube’s Grazwith Quetsch ’n’ VibesGraz, AT Atelier KulturCultural agency & promoterGraz, AT

2026Sato PrulčekLive music venueLjubljana, SI

Tim & Jonnic sitting in a bright room with tall windows, their instruments in front of them

Close-up of hands on guitar and Styrian accordion

Photos: Ronja Grafström

03 About

Two instruments, one conversation

The unusual pairing of Jonny’s Styrian accordion — a traditional diatonic accordion — and Timmy’s guitar with extended bass register creates an intimate soundscape, while keeping a width in timbre, dynamics and range usually reserved for larger ensembles. The music combines traditional material with their own compositions, inspired by older and newer musical traditions alike.

Timmy and Jonny met while studying the Nordic Master’s Programme in Nordic folk and traditional music. Besides playing as a duo in smaller projects, they performed together in the ensemble “Timber”. After graduating in June 2023, they decided to keep developing their artistic expression together — with the music, the traditions and the material from their studies as a foundation for new explorations.

Austria Jonny Kölbl Styrian accordion jonnykoelbl.at

Sweden Timmy Gasslander Guitar with extended bass register timmygasslander.se

04 Videos

Watch & listen

Four tunes from our repertoire — all of them also on our album diaTonic.

Vergangar

2023 · Composed by Timmy Gasslander

Halo

2023 · Composed by Jonny Kölbl

Ruskan Valssi

2024 · From the album diaTonic

Nordjämten

2024 · From the album diaTonic

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05 Photos

In the forest, by the window, on stage

Press photos in high resolution can be downloaded in the press section below.

The duo walking through a dense green forest with their instruments — © Madeleine Marie

Audience at a Tim & Jonnic concert at folkArt Festival — © Madeleine Marie

Guitar and Styrian accordion resting in sunlight by a large window — © Ronja Grafström

Tim & Jonnic standing in the forest holding guitar and accordion — © Madeleine Marie

Black-and-white photo: Timmy and Jonny raising their glasses — © Ronja Grafström

Black-and-white portrait of the duo by the window with their instruments — © Ronja Grafström

Jonny and Timmy playing on stage at folkArt Festival Graz — © Madeleine Marie

Timmy standing with guitar, Jonny sitting on a log with the accordion — © Madeleine Marie

Timmy with his guitar and Jonny with his Styrian accordion in a sunlit forest — © Madeleine Marie

Tim & Jonnic in a bright room with tall windows — © Ronja Grafström

Photos: Madeleine Marie · Ronja Grafström · Madeleine Haider

06 Contact

Booking & press

For concerts, festivals, workshops and press enquiries — we look forward to hearing from you. Please include the date, venue and format of your event.

contact@timjonnic.com