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Tag: Finnish music

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Artist Profiles: Nordik Tree

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicNordik 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’…

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Artist Profiles: Mari Kaasinen

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicMari KaasinenVärttinä

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…

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Artist Profiles: Kari Reiman

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicKari ReimanVärttinä

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…

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Artist Profiles: Kirsi Kähkönen

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicKirsi KähkönenVärttinä

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…

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Artist Profiles: Värttinä

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicVärttinä

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…

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Artist Profiles: Janne Lappalainen

Angel Romero May 31, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicJanne 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…

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Artist Profiles: Maria Kalaniemi

Angel Romero May 30, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicMaria Kalaniemi

Maria Kalaniemi was born in May 1964. She has become one of the world’s most talented accordionists, not only as a technically skilled player but…

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Artist Profiles: Loituma

Angel Romero May 30, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicLoituma

Loituma is an ensemble that mixes the Finnish vocal tradition with the exquisite sounds of the kantele (Finnish harp). At ease with four-part unaccompanied vocals…

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Artist Profiles: JPP

Angel Romero May 29, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicJPP

In the early eighties, a group of young fiddlers from the tiny village of Järvelä began making some noise in local folk music circles. Järvelän…

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Artist Profiles: Gjallarhorn

Angel Romero May 29, 2018 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicGjallarhorn

Gjallarhorn rejuvenated traditional music rooted in the Swedish folk music of Finland. Their music was a modern echo of the ancient Nordic folk tradition with…

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