Rami Vierula’s new album Erämaahan was released way back in September of 2023, and I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since! Let’s take a moment to appreciate this gorgeous release on this beautiful and sunny Sunday. If you’re not familiar with Vierula’s music, then I suggest you check out his back catalogue. From… Read More Rami Vierula – Erämaahan
For Faustina Masigat – widely talented and steeped in traditional music – it wasn’t her years of music studies that would come to shape her into the artist she is today. Instead, it was a process of unlearning the rules through which she was able to discover her own musical path. Having found her own voice… Read More Faustina Masigat – ‘Stay With Me’
In the past when describing Joose Keskitalo’s music words like lighthearted and breezy wouldn’t immediately come to mind. Now, when listening to his new single ‘Tietoisuus’, you begin to wonder what kind of revelation he’s had to make him sound almost exuberant. One distinctive change is that he’s teamed up with free jazz/folk music group… Read More Joose Keskitalo – ‘Tietoisuus’
Folk singers can turn agony into relief and heartache into even more heartache. New Zealand’s Nadia Reid shows she’s well versed in the former on “Call the Days”, taken from her debut album Listen To Formation, Look for the Signs. Reid meets us on the other side of a rough journey, with the scar tissue to prove… Read More Nadia Reid -“Call the Days”
I caught up with Finnish singer Robin Pahlman and talked about his new album, his influences and why you shouldn’t expect another folk record.… Read More Robin Pahlman gets reluctantly nostalgic on new album
British newcomer Henry Green is the kind of artist who can make a huge impact with small means. The small town singer-songwriter’s visceral voice may be gentle in appearance but it can peel off a song as melancholy as his debut single “Shipwreck” to its darkest soul. The cover of Green’s debut single captures the… Read More Henry Green – “Shipwreck”
There seems to be limited social space in music for female singer-songwriters. The tendency is to place every girl with or without a guitar in her lap in the same category. Sweden’s Antonia Vai should be able to escape limiting categorization. This 24- year old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who released her debut album Lovers and… Read More Album Review | Antonia Vai – Lovers and Prophets [2012]
Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.) has been away for what seems like a very long time. At least for this Molina-fan. In 2009 he suddenly disappeared from the radar to venture on what we now know was a three year stint in rehab. This May he showed signs of life in a note… Read More Jason Molina Returns with “Autumn Bird Songs”
Finnish folk-singer Sami Kukka almost fell into obscurity all because of bad timing. Twenty years ago he entered a musical landscape which wasn’t quite ready for him yet. The Finnish folk singer released his debut album in 1988 to lukewarm reception and didn’t get the recognition he deserved. His minimalist acoustic songs drowned in the… Read More Sami Kukka
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