Finland is located in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Sweden, Norway and Russia.
Finnish music
One of the biggest bodies of work about Finnish music was carried out by Erkki Ala-Konni (1911-1996), the legendary professor of the Department of Folk Tradition (nowadays Department of Music Anthropology) at the University of Tampere.
Ala-Konni collected around 8,000 recorded hours of folk tradition and took over 200,000 photographs during his forty years of work. This fieldwork was carried out at a time when folk tradition in Finland was vivid and the master musicians abounded.
Finnish Music Genres
Joik – Ancient Saami vocal style performed with a constricted throat and slightly opened mouth employing circular breathing techniques.
Finnish Musicians
Directory of Finnish musicians involved with traditional Finnish folk music or world music.
Ampron Prunni
Frigg
Gjallarhorn
Janne Lappalainen
JPP
Kardemimmit
Kimmo Pohjonen
Kirsi Kähkönen
Kari Reiman
Mari Kaasinen
Nils-Aslak Valkepää
Niko Valkeapää
Nordik Tree
Pauanne
Pekka Lehti
Pekko Käppi
Susan Aho
Värttinä
Vilddas
Ville Kangas
Ville Ojanen
Piirpauke
Ulla Pirttijärvi
Wimme
