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Vimma: Artivism driven by punk, hip-hop and fiddle energy

Helsinki band Vimma urges environmental action with poetic, witty lyrics and catchy tunes that splice indie-pop,...
Wif Stenger, 10.6.2025
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Hildá Länsman: Exploring the voices between worlds

At its most powerful, music transcends the familiar—blending the ancient and the futuristic to forge entirely...
Pietu Arvola, 14.5.2025
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Electrojazz pioneer Tapani Rinne: Big bands, DJ scratches and yoga soundtracks

Saxophonist Tapani Rinne has blazed an electronic jazz trail with his group RinneRadio, whose next album...
Wif Stenger, 10.6.2024
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Tango to techno: Johanna Juhola’s squeezebox fantasies

After a few years' break from the recording studio, accordionist Johanna Juhola is back with a...
Wif Stenger, 15.11.2023
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Bewitching brew: Jussi Reijonen’s transcultural blend of Arabic, jazz and prog

Oud player and guitarist Jussi Reijonen grew up in Lapland, the Middle East and Africa, drawing...
Wif Stenger, 16.1.2023
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Pohjonen Alanko: Quirky people with an absurd sense of humor

Pohjonen Alanko is not just a collaboration between Finnish musical masterminds Kimmo Pohjonen and Ismo Alanko,...
Mikael Mattila, 17.11.2022
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Pioneers: JPP’s forty years of sizzling folk

Think Nordic fiddle music is sleepy or screechy? Maybe you haven’t heard folk group JPP (Järvelän...
Wif Stenger, 22.9.2022
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Maija Kauhanen – Unorthodox kantele antics

Maija Kauhanen is not just an enormously gifted kantele prodigy, but also a versatile multi-instrumentalist and...
Mikael Mattila, 16.9.2022
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Ánnámáret: Deep roots and future visions from the far north

Ánnámáret is an indigenous Sámi composer and yoik vocalist whose music blends electronics, traditional Finnish and...
Wif Stenger, 13.6.2022
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Pioneers: To infinity and beyond – four decades of Värttinä

Turning forty in 2023, Värttinä is by far the most successful and internationally acclaimed Finnish world...
Mikael Mattila, 28.1.2022
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Dust Mountain: Bonded by blood and obscure sounds of the 70s

Dust Mountain's debut album is a mature work of psychedelic and progressive art which takes the...
Jukka Hätinen, 17.11.2021
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Afrobeat fusion and teleworking – Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble's long road to album completion

Formed in Benin a decade ago, Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble faced big logistical challenges in creating their fifth...
Wif Stenger, 7.6.2021