Pekko Käppi – Credo (Rockadillo / Nordic Notes, 2023) Pekko Käppi, a musician from Tampere, Finland, is known for performing his partially electrified Finnish-Karelian lyre,…
Electric Jouhikko Virtuoso Pekko Käppi Releases ‘Credo’
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Jouhikko, the Bowed Lyre of the Baltic
The jouhikko is a traditional Finnish and Estonian musical instrument that belongs to the family of bowed lyres. It is also known by other names…
Artist Profiles: Jouhiorkesteri
Jouhiorkesteri released their debut-CD Nikodemus in May 2008. Jouhiorkesteri – the Horse-Hair Orchestra – made a moving CD, where an old and forgotten instrument has…
Artist Profiles: Pekko Käppi
Composer, producer, researcher and ethnomusicologist Pekko Käppi was born in 1976. He is a jouhikko player from Tampere and a part-time instructor at the Sibelius…
Interview with Uliana Shulepina of Russian Group Ochelie Soroki
Russian group Ochelie Soroki is deeply inspired by ancient traditional Russian songs along with Norse mythology. We interviewed vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Uliana Shulepina to…