Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Top The Transglobal World Music Chart in June 2018
The album Soar (Bendigedig), the new collaboration between Welsh harp player Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora virtuoso Seckou Keita has reached the Number 1 position…
Artist Profiles: Pekka Lehti
Pekka Lehti was born in 1965 in Joensuu, Karelia. He first entered the world of music by beginning to play the bass in a punk…
Artist Profiles: Nordik Tree
Hans Kennemark (fiddle, viola), Arto Järvelä (fiddle, octave mandolin) and Timo Alakotila (harmonium) first met at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Finland, 1984. Hans’…
Artist Profiles: Mari Kaasinen
Mari Kaasinen is an original Värttinä member from Rääkkylä, has been singing and performing since she was two and a half years old. Previously a…
Artist Profiles: Kari Reiman
Kari Reiman plays fiddle. A native of Helsinki, “Reiska” has a long history of acoustic music, including five-string banjo, mandolin and guitar with several bluegrass…
Artist Profiles: Kirsi Kähkönen
Vocalist Kirsi Kähkönen, from Rääkkylä in Karelia, was an original Värttinä member from 1983 and sang with them exclusively until 2002. In 2002, she left…
Artist Profiles: Värttinä
Värttinä (meaning spindle) is an early progenitor of “New Finnish Folk.” Värttinä’s origins go back to 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the…
Artist Profiles: Janne Lappalainen
Janne Lappalainen is an original Värttinä member from Rääkkylä and is one of the band’s chief arrangers and composers. Janne, a student of Sibelius Academy…
Flamenco Innovator Diego Guerrero Releases Cara B
Flamenco vocalist and guitarist Diego Guerrero has released “La Cara B.” The live EP showcases the talent of this young musician, producer and composer who…
California WorldFest 2018 Program Announced
California WorldFest 2018 will take place July 12 – Jul 15, 2018 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. The festival includes 7…