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Grind until you make it – Grammy nominated producer MD$ preps beatmakers for the international market

Finland's top hip hop producer MD$ sees business-wise no point in sticking to his home turf....
Jukka Hätinen, 31.3.2021
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Blind Channel: Take a shot for the new-generation pop

Blind Channel, which combines metal, rap and pop hooks, will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song...
Mervi Vuorela, 19.3.2021
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New Ro: Blossoming through the obstacles

Although her album "Late Bloomer", released on Solina Records in February, may be her first under...
Jukka Hätinen, 3.3.2021
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Dark feelings and deep connections: Suad's long way to the here and now

Suad’s road as the best kept secret of the Finnish singer-songwriter scene and a praised artist...
Jukka Hätinen, 29.12.2020
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Blues master Erja Lyytinen: Hey, teachers, don't leave them kids alone!

Blues star Erja Lyytinen was voted the world’s second best living guitarist by the readers of...
Mervi Vuorela, 19.10.2020
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Towards a healthier future – The Holy questions our conception of freedom

The Holy's sophomore full-length "Mono Freedom" is a theme album whose story only grew more relevant...
Jukka Hätinen, 2.10.2020
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Kairon; IRSE!: shoegazers with a noisy spirit

"Polysomn" is the third album by the Finnish shoegazers with a band name that's both hard...
Jukka Hätinen, 24.9.2020
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Tapio Korjus: Music business is an endurance sport

Over the decades, Finnish acts from Wigwam to Wimme have worked with the tireless Tapio Korjus....
Tove Djupsjöbacka, 11.6.2020
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Now you've seen her – ALMA finally found her place

ALMA’s debut album “Have U Seen Her?” has been a long time in the making, with...
Jukka Hätinen, 15.5.2020
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Karina: For those about to rock

Karin Mäkiranta and Helmi Tikkanen are two high school friends who started to make quiet and intimate music as Karina,...
Mikael Mattila, 2.3.2020
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Everything is alright in The Hearing's self-care music world

With her new, third album "Demian", Ringa Manner from The Hearing is approaching an auditory space, where everything is "just...
Mikael Mattila, 7.11.2019
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Authentic Chicano soul from Finland: Bobby Oroza

We interview Bobby Oroza, a “chronical dropout” and a peculiar ambassador of the Chicano soul music.
Mikael Mattila, 9.10.2019