Pauanne – Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup, 2025) As I first pressed play on a cool spring evening, the ghostly violin and kantele…
Across the Boundaries of Love: Pauanne’s “Joku Raja Rakkaudessakin”
Tag: Karelian music
Karjalasta Kolttien Maille Bridges Karelian and Skolt Sámi Cultures
Karjalasta kolttien maille – Karjalasta kolttien maille (Global Music Centre, 2022) The album Karjalasta Kolttien Maille (From Karelia to the Skolt Sámi Lands), released in…
Karjalan Jouhikko: An Exploration of Karelian Folk Music
Santeri Dobrynin, Egor Masaltsev, Olga Plekhanova – Karjalan Jouhikko (Antonovka Records, 2023) The album Karjalan Jouhikko spotlights the jouhikko, a bowed lyre central to Karelian…
Arja Kastinen’s Kantervo Unveils the Soul of Karelian Kantele Music
Arja Kastinen – Kantervo (Temps Oy, 2023) Kantervo is Arja Kastinen’s sixth solo album. This spellbinding, meditative set of recordings is part of her research…
Riya Volkova Explores Northern Russian Traditions in Пряди воды, Tresses of the Water
Russian musician and composer Riya Volkova has released a new album titled “Пряди воды” (Tresses of the Water). Volkova lives in Zelenograd, not far from…
Artist Profiles: Sattuma
Formed in 2003 in Petrozavodsk, Russian Karelia, Sattuma is a Russian Karelian neo-folk music band that plays both traditional as well as their own compositions…
Artist Profiles: Noid
Noid is a musical ensemble from Petrozavodsk in Karelia, Russia, founded in 2007. The ensemble composes, arranges and performs traditional songs in the Veps language,…
Artist Profiles: Santtu Karhu
In 1987, the Finnish press of Soviet-Karelia wrote about a young guy who was becoming popular on the underground scene of Petrozavodsk. Santtu Karhu (alias…
Artist Profiles: Karelian Folk Music Ensemble
The Karelian Folk Music Ensemble (KPME) is the only touring group of musicians playing traditional folk songs and instrumentals of Karelia, a large region that…
Artist Profiles: Myllarit
Myllärit was a seven person, 16 instrument Karelian-Finnish vocal and instrumental folk band from Russia. The group came together in 1992, an outgrowth of the…