Rune Cygan Barslund (b. 1988) is an award-winning accordion and whistle player from Denmark. When he was in his early teens he fell in love with Celtic music and a few years later he formed the trio Kasír with Aske Fuglsang Ruhe and Oisín Walsh. They successfully toured Denmark and other European countries for 10 years and released the two critically acclaimed albums Reel Irish (2006) and Chilling on a Sunday (2010). Since 2011, Rune and Danish fiddle player Andreas Tophøj have toured extensively in many countries. The duo won Track of the Year at The Danish Folk Music Awards 2012 for Rune’s composition “The Danish Immigrant”. In 2014 they released an EP by the same name and in 2020 they brought out their debut album Trails & Traces. Rune also plays with Inver, a Celtic trio with BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Award winners from England, Kevin Lees and Matthew Jones. Inver received three nominations at The Danish Folk Music Awards after the release of their debut album Heading Out (2019). "Rune Barslund is one of a rare breed who combines technical expertise with sublime musicality". - Karen Tweed "Phenomenal whistle playing". - Bengt Edqvist, Lira (SE) "I can't choose between the accordion and the whistle: Rune Cygan Barslund is superb on both". - Alex Monaghan (www.folkworld.eu)