Tunnel Tigers from New Ground by Doyle & Andersson

Tunnel Tigers was commissioned for a documentary on the building of the Victoria Underground Line in London. Ewan MacColl’s song evokes poignant images of the effects of emigration on Ireland in the mid 20th century. The Tunnel Tigers were construction workers specialising in the dangerous profession of driving tunnels through mountains or underneath large bodies of water.

Born in Piteå, a small town 200 km south of the Arctic Circle in the north of Sweden, Joel Andersson got his first harmonica at the age of 2, and began playing professionally at the age of 13. Growing up with a father who listened to a lot of Irish music, and who always has been playing a variety of instruments, Joel has always had music around him.