EAN: 4251329506384 Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola’s new album The Power of Polska will be released on 6.3.2026 by the German label Nordic Notes. Bringing together a Swedish fiddle icon and a Finnish accordion innovator, the duo explores the driving force, vitality and expressive depth of the polska through original compositions and traditional tunes. Lena Jonsson & Johanna...

EAN: 4251329506353 The multi-award-winning Finnish folk vocal group Tuuletar releases their third studio album Maammo (Mother Earth)on January 30, 2026. The album marks a powerful new chapter for the internationally acclaimed ensemble and a return to collaboration with the American a cappella production company Liquid 5th, following the success of their debut album Tules...

EAN: 4251329506346 The multi-award-winning Finnish folk vocal group Tuuletar releases their third studio album Maammo (Mother Earth)on January 30, 2026. The album marks a powerful new chapter for the internationally acclaimed ensemble and a return to collaboration with the American a cappella production company Liquid 5th, following the success of their debut album Tules...

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EAN 6430017003000 Maria Kalaniemi's meditative tunes on accordion and singing, and of Pekko Käppi on jouhikko, a Finnish bowed lyre, and singing. Maria Kalaniemi is a accordion artist. She is one of the pioneers of contemporary folk music. Pekko Kappi is a jouhikko artist. He is an ethnomusicologist specializing in folk song traditions by training.

EAN 5705934006436 Twelve new tracks - mostly original compositions alongside a handful of traditional dance tunes- all woven together by the band's trademark sound of fiddle, diatonic accordion, reed organ, double bass, wooden fluteand occasionally Swedish bagpipes. Featuring some special guests: the award-winning Danish-Swedish trio Dreamers Circus, and Guro Kvifte Nesheim...

EAN 195497168606 Written by Tapani Rinne and Wimme Saari (1, 5, 6), Tapani Rinne, Wimme Saari and Kirilola (2, 3, 4, 7, 8) Recorded in Hurissalo, Joensuu, Helsinki, Ivgubahta, Norway and Austin, TX Arranged and produced by Tapani Rinne and Pauli Saastamoinen Mixed and mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen Cover art: Wimme Saari Design: Ilkka Kärkkäinen Wimme + Rinne photo: Pentti...

EAN: 1988469802566 A true legend of folk music makes a spectacular comeback! After a long wait, Värttinä releases a new, amazing album Kyly on Rockadillo Records. The album ignites a spark in the deepest core of Finnish traditional music – and at the same time takes it to new, bold dimensions. Värttinä's voice has carried the rich sounds of Karelian songs from one generation...

EAN 1990665587680 Teija Niku (b. 1982) is a Finnish accordionist, known for her expertise in Nordic and Balkan folk music. She has been described as a composer with excellent sense of melody as well as an inventive arranger and her lyrical style of playing the accordion transcends technical accomplishment or pose. Niku has released three solo albums under her own name:...

EAN 1988469802634 Anne-Mari Kivimäki combines hypnotic accordion trance with wishful and impassioned music on her new album Kotiin (Homeward). In addition to some of Finland’s finest musicians, the guests include Polish-Ukrainian band DagaDana as well as Estonian duo Puuluup, who created a big buzz at Eurovision Song Contest 2024. For the new album Anne-Mari Kivimäki...

EAN 6418691218422 Hailing from Carelian forests in the eastern part of Finland, J-P Piirainen twines together Finnish tradition and his 2020 era unique voice as a composer. J-P has travelled unique path to discover music no one has heard before by inventing a one of a kind instrument- the guitele where acoustic guitar and the iconic traditional Finnish instrument the kantele...

EAN 6418691218729 The new solo album Käki by jouhikko master Ilkka Heinonen is dedicated to the jouhikko (Finnish/ Karelian/ Estonian bowed lyre) – its rough and primal, fragile and sincere sound. The album features a wide range of different types of jouhikkos; modern, newly developed instruments as well as museum instrument replicas in a variety of tunings, equipped with...