J-P Piirainen

J-P Piirainen is a talented solo guitarist and folk musician from Finland. His two passions, guitar music and scandinavian folkmusic, has led him to explore different styles of playing guitar.These styles are combined with Nordic folkmusic, creating a totally new, groovy and interesting style of guitar music.

J-P Piirainen releases a new Nordic Guitar Music album titled "All strings attached" in Autumn 2017. The album continues to explore possibilites of combining fingerstyle guitar music and Nordic folk music in different ways. Besides his original solo pieces, featuring artist are expanding Nordic Guitar Music sound to new soundscapes. His also teamed up with great musician and guitar player Joonas Widenius who is producing "All strings attached".

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Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble has signed a record deal with Bafe’s Factory 29.4.2017 at Jazzahead! 2017 in Bremen, Germany. New album will be released in 2018!

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Solju

Solju - Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter Hildá Länsman are Sámi musicians from Utsjoki, Lapland, which is the northernmost municipality in Finland.

Solju performs modern ethno music combined with traditional yoik singing. They are proud of the original northern culture and want to show it to the world!

New album will be released at the beginning of year 2018. The album is produced by Samuli Laiho, Teho Majamäki and Riku Mattila.

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Tuuletar

Tuuletar (“Goddess of The Wind” in Finnish Mythology) is a vocal performance group, consisting of four diverse women from Finland. Since 2012 these vibrant musicians have been singing, composing and performing together, creating their own and unique sound and identity.

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Subsonic Trio

Subsonic trio draws together ancient instruments and musical aesthetics from their homelands to create a deep rooted contemporary sound.

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Southpaw Steel'n'Twang

Southpaw Steel'n'Twang is a power trio which concentrates mostly on instrumental music; focus is often on pedal and lap steel guitars but electric guitar also has much to say.

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