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Eero Grundström: Finnish folk music's number one sideman

Eero Grundström might be the number one sideman in Finnish contemporary folk music. He is the guy...
Mikael Mattila, 8.9.2020
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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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Frigg: Twenty years of fierce fiddling

Hailing from the vast plains of Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, Frigg has been in the vanguard of contemporary Finnish...
Mikael Mattila, 1.4.2020
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The living tradition: Kantele in the 21st century

Sanni Virta, a kantele musician, producer and editor-in-chief of Kantele magazine, tells about present-day culture around the...
Sanni Virta, 28.2.2020
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Heading to rock'n'roll heaven – with an accordion: Antti Paalanen

Antti Paalanen makes relentlessly intense accordion music where ideas from both heavy metal and electronic dance music...
Mikael Mattila, 17.10.2019
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Pekko Käppi brings jouhikko to the masses

Pekko Käppi dreams that the traditional Karelian string instrument jouhikko (bowed lyre) will one day be...
Jukka Hätinen, 20.8.2019
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From Game of Thrones to public schools: Meet vocal folk hop originators Tuuletar

Neither folk nor a cappella music is a hang-up for GoT-approved 'vocal folk hop' originators Tuuletar....
Mikael Mattila, 9.5.2019
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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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