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Maria Kalaniemi: Bellow songs with feeling

Read our feature interview with Maria Kalaniemi, a versatile, multiple-award-winning accordionist, who considers herself a soul musician. 
Mikael Mattila, 29.8.2018
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Maija Kauhanen – multitasking her way between tradition and modern rhythms

Maija Kauhanen is a Finnish one-woman band, singer, songwriter and player of kantele, the Finnish traditional...
Anna Brotkin, 11.10.2017
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Folk meets baroque

Violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala, a Finnish pioneer in early classical music, was born in Kaustinen, the hotbed of...
Tove Djupsjöbacka, 22.5.2017
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Okra Playground gets the folk party started

Okra Playground bring their tantalising electronic update of Finnish folk to the WOMEX 16 World Music...
Wif Stenger, 28.9.2016
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When Lapland met Balkan

Creators of their own self-defined musical genre, “Lapland-Balkan”, Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha have played a...
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Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble on the trail of voodoo rhythms

Villa Karo, the Finnish-African culture centre in Benin, is a gateway and a nexus for many...
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Archaic goes urban

“What a weird instrument!” was Ilkka Heinonen’s reaction when he first encountered the jouhikko in the...
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Samuli Kosminen: Flying to the US via Reykjavik

Samuli Kosminen is one of Finland’s most internationally successful percussion players. He started out as a...
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WoW – what a sound!

The groundbreaking folk wind ensemble Wind on Wind will surprise even wind music sceptics with their...
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100 years of tango in Finland!

2013 has seen centenary celebrations of tango in Finland all over the country, including at the...
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From symbiosis to encounter

Dancing and music used to be joined at the hip. In folk music, this symbiotic relationship...
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Finding a unique voice through tradition

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto has received two awards this fall. In both cases the reasons included a...