ARTO and ANTTI JÄRVELÄ Os Fera Liluli OArt 8 Members of the Järvelä clan – arguably the first family of Finnish folk fiddling – cousins Arto (fiddle and cross-tuned fiddle) and Antti (acoustic … Continue reading →
JUURI & JUURI Pelimannit Aania 23 www.aania.fi After a decade together, Finnish musicians Eero Grundström (Harmonium, harmonica, voice) and Emilia Lajunen (5-string fiddle, nyckelharpa, voice) have finally made an album. Well, not one album, but … Continue reading →
EINAR OLAV LARSEN TRIO Lysblåin Etnisk Musikklubb 84 www.emcd.no einarolavlarsen.no/ Fiddler Einar Olav Larsen is probably best known as part of the Norwegian-Finnish band Frigg. But here, in company with pianist Daniel Rossing Trustrup (who … Continue reading →
MARIA KALANIEMI and TIMO ALAKOTILA Åkerö Åkerö 11 www.mariakalaniemi.com/en/ Though Finnish master musicians Maria Kalaniemi and Timo Alakotila both play in many bands, something remarkable happens when they strip the music down to duets. The … Continue reading →
