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Tag: Sami music

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Artist Profiles: Solju

Angel Romero May 18, 2019 No Comments Finnish musicSami musicSolju

Solju is a Finnish group led by Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman and her daughter Hilda Länsman. They are Sámi musicians from Utsjoki, Lapland, which is the northernmost…

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Artist Profiles: VILDÁ

Angel Romero May 14, 2019 No Comments accordionFinnish musicjoikSami musicVilda

VILDÁ is a Finnish duo that performs a unique mix of mystical joiks and sounds of the Sami people together with vibrant accordion. VILDÁ includes…

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Inventive Sami Music from the European Tundra

Angel Romero July 27, 2018 No Comments Finnish musicSami musicSolju

Solju – Odda Áigodat (Bafe’s Factory, 2018) Solju is an innovative Sami music project led Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter Hildá Länsman. The two women…

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Artist Profiles: Vajas

Angel Romero May 6, 2017 No Comments NorwayNorwegian musicSami musicVajas

Norwegian band Vajas (Echo) represented a synergy of arctic voices and sound: (i) the traditional Sami yoiks of Ánde Somby emanating from the distant tundra;…

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Artist Profiles: Transjoik

Angel Romero May 5, 2017 No Comments NorwayNorwegian musicSami musicTransjoik

Transjoik is a Sami group out of Norway. Where tradition and modernity have long been the two sole absolutes of the enigmatic path of the…

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Artist Profiles: Niko Valkeapää

Angel Romero April 1, 2017 No Comments FinlandNiko ValkeapääNorwaySami music

Niko Valkeapää was born on December 30, 1968 in Enontekiö, Finland. He’s a Finnish-Sami singer-songwriter and vocalist. He has been living in Kautokeino in the…

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Artist Profiles: Nils-Aslak Valkepää

Angel Romero April 1, 2017 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicNils-Aslak ValkepääSami music

Nils-Aslak Valkepää, called Aillohas by his fellow Samis, was born on March 23, 1943 in Enontekiö, Finland. He was one of the trail-blazers of traditional…

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Artist Profiles: Mari Boine

Angel Romero March 16, 2017 1 Comment Mari BoineNorwayNorwegian musicSami music

Mari Boine (aka Mari Boine Persen) was born November 8, 1956, in Karasjok, Norway. She is feasibly the most famous Sami artist in the world.…

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Artist Profiles: Lars-Ante Kuhmunen

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments Lars-Ante KuhmunenSami musicSwedenSwedish music

Lars-Ante Kuhmunen was born in 1979. He is a musician and reindeer breeder from Rensjön in Kiruna, a small town in the territory of Swedish…

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Artist Profiles: Johan Sara Jr.

Angel Romero February 17, 2017 No Comments Johan Sara Jr.joikNorwayNorwegian musicSami music

Johan Sara Jr. was born in 1963. He is one of the leading artists in the Sami music area. His musical activities range over a…

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