OKRA PLAYGROUND
2023. The internationally acclaimed Finnish six-piece group Okra Playground is releasing their highly anticipated third album. The group's music is a combination of traditional Finnish folk, electro and pop-rock, wh..
ENKEL
2023. 'Love Hurts' is the third studio album of Enkel, the Finnish folk quartet made up of two melodeons, kantele, viola and vocals; four personable, unique and folky women with their instruments, sharing a great p..
HIRVONEN PAIVI
2022. Päivi Hirvonen, the internationally acclaimed Finnish singer, fiddle and bowed lyre player, releases her second solo album 'Kallio'. Hirvonen has been touring the world for years both solo and with the gr..
KAUHANEN MAIJA
2022. The music and soundscapes Maija created for 'Menneet' are inspired by her life, and the sounds heard whilst touring the world as a solo arst. The music tells stories of courage, meaningful meetings, and being ..
HANSDOTTIR GUDRID
2022. Five years after the release of her last album 'Painted Fire', Gudrid Hansdóttir from the Faroer returns with her album 'Gult Myrkur' (Yellow Darkness). Emotional and very personal, again Gudrid convin..
RITVA NERO
2022. Ritva Nero comes from the Finnish music scene and was formed in 2017. The music of the band could be described as 'party metal folk'. The instruments used are soprano saxophone, Finnish bagpipes and nyckelharp..
AYSAY
2021. 'Su Akar' (translated from Turkish: 'water flows') is AySay's debut full-length album. The folk trio from Denmark, comprising of singer Luna Ersahin, Aske Dossing Bendixen on percussion and Carl West Hosbond o..
BARBORA XU
2021. Building bridges between east and west is what Czech musician Barbora Xu is aiming at on her debut 'Olin Ennen' ("I was" in Finnish), drawing on millennia-old traditions. 'Olin Ennen' imbues the live..
KONGERO
2021. Swedish all-female vocal folk quartet Kongero have been singing traditional Scandinavian songs in self-penned arrangements and the best a cappella tradition. 'Live In Longueuil' was recorded in 2019 at the Th&..
CELENKA
2021. On 'Villoi Varsa', Celenka presents Karelian female singers who performed the traditional songs from their villages and families to folk song collectors in the early 1900s. The album includes songs by Olga Kot..
RATKO DIVJAK AND FRIENDS
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GAJANAS
2021. Gájanas, which translates to 'echo' in english, comes from Inari-Utsjoki, northern Finland and plays Northern Sámi ethno-progressive music. Members of the band are Hildá Länsman, Nich..
BJORKLUND IRINA & PAUANN
2020. While preparing herself for her role in the TV series 'Peacemaker', Irina Björklund thoroughly studied the work of professional peace negotiators, which usually goes under the public's radar. Also, being ..
KUJANPAA EMMI
2020. Emmi Kujanpaa is a Finnish folk music professional who works currently as a folk singer, kantele player, composer and researcher. She founded Finnish-Bulgarian vocal ensemble Finno-Balkan Voices which combined..
BARTOSIK TUULIKKI
2019. "Tempest In A Teapot" is the second solo album from Estonian accordionist Tuulikki Bartosik, the follow-up to the 2016 internationally acclaimed album "Storied Sounds". Tuulikki recorded al..
KIVIMAKI ANNE MARI & PAL
2019. The Hameen lauluja (Songs of Hame) album is based on notes from a Hame accordion player, a sense of homeland and old stories. For centuries, lust for love, scheming for love and heartache have been experienced..
PAUANNE
2019. Pagan sounds from the depths of the Finnish forests! Pauanne rediscover the long-lost non-Christian tradition of Finnish folk music. The trio, fronted by Kukka Lehto, has searched through Helsinki's music arch..
ASSU
2019. Assu has been influenced by traditional Sami Joik. Ulla Pirttijarvi joiks of her relatives and her home villages Utsjoki and Angeli. Olav Torget and Harald Skullerud join on string instruments and percussions...
HIRVONEN PAEIVI
2018. The dialogue between violin, voice and bowed lyre and the seamless collaboration between the three: with this instrumentation Pivi Hirvonen creates music that is filled with stories and strong emotions. The in..
PIIRAINEN J-P
2017. J-P Piirainen is a talented finger style guitarist and folk musician from Joensuu, Finland. His two passions, guitar music and skandinavian folkmusic, made him explore different styles of guitar playing. These..
SUBSONIC TRIO
2017. The Subsonic Trio combines old instruments and musical aesthetics from the members' home countries Australia, Brazil and Finland. The musicians weave hypnotic repeat patterns, groove and subtle textures togeth..