Dänkki Briha – Merjamaa (Panama-levyt and Sick Boogie Recordings, 2026) Merjamaa is the latest from Finnish folktronica trio Dänkki Briha. The South Karelian group combines…
Barlast – Imitation Game (self-released, 2025) On the album Imitation Game, Finnish ensemble Barlast conducts Alan Turing’s famous test within the context of folk music…
uni uni – Valveilla (Haapojan studio, 2026) Finnish electro-folk duo uni uni’s enthralling debut album, Valveilla (“Awake”), stirs together folk traditions with ambient, spellbinding electronica.…
Tuuletar – Maammo (Nordic Notes, 2026) Finnish folk vocal group Tuuletar released its third studio album, Maammo (“Mother Earth”), on January 30, 2026. The record…
Marjo Smolander – Cosmologies (self-release, 2021) Marjo Smolander’s debut, Cosmologies (2021), is built on collaboration. Recorded in Finland, Senegal, Denmark, and Mali in both living…
Finnish accordionist and composer Teija Niku has released her fourth solo album Tovi in 2026, a self-produced project that continues the artistic direction of her…
World Music Central announces the list of top 20 world music album for 2025, listed in random order. Best of 2025 Gao Hong and Zhou…
Timo Alakotila (born July 15, 1959) holds a position as one of Finland’s busiest, most versatile, and most in-demand musicians. He works primarily in the…
(headline image: Antti Paalanen – Photo by Kimmo Kansala) Antti Paalanen, born in 1977 and raised in Southern Ostrobothnia’s pelimanni heartland, builds a roaring engine…
(headline image: Hildá Länsman – photo by Meeri Koutaniemi) Hildá Länsman was born in 1993 in Utsjoki, Finland. Utsjoki is Finland’s northernmost corner, where the…