2015. On 'Marshland', his second solo album, Janne Westerlund uses mainly banjo and dulcimer to accompany his unpolished and distinctive delivery. In order to emphasize the difference to the bands he plays in -Ci..

2015. On 'Marshland', his second solo album, Janne Westerlund uses mainly banjo and dulcimer to accompany his unpolished and distinctive delivery. In order to emphasize the difference to the bands he plays in -Circl..

2017. After 'Marshland', the darkest blues album ever released in Finland, Westerlund is trying to find some light with this 2017 solo effort. By deploying means ranging from the choral exploration of 'So Messed Up'..

2019. In the autumn of 2017 Janne Westerlund (also known from Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, Plain Ride, and Sweetheart) made a decision of taking a five-year recess from making music, but it was only a couple of months ..

2009. The third Plain Ride album House on the Hill stretches the band's folk rock expression from decidedly bare, introspective and concentrated recitations to immersive layered washes of psychedelic rock tsunami; f..

2011. Plain Ride is a Finnish band, led by singer / guitarist / songwriter Janne Westerlund, also known from Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, Chainsmoker, and Sweetheart. Plain Ride was formed in 2004. The music of Plain R..

2014. On their fifth album 'Skeleton Rites', Finnish band PLAIN RIDE move away from the Americana-tinged folk rock of their previous releases in favour of darker and deeper tones. The seven lengthy songs flow and gr..

2014. On their fifth album 'Skeleton Rites', Finnish band PLAIN RIDE move away from the Americana-tinged folk rock of their previous releases in favour of darker and deeper tones. The seven lengthy songs flow and..

2015. Beefed-up, blown-out, and ballsy, the new Finnish supergroup Bensiini finds Circle members Janne Westerlund, Jussi Lehtisalo, and Mika Ratto revisiting their noise-rock roots with help from Sokea Piste guitari..

2016. Split singles are rarely as uplifting and integrated as this meeting between Janne Westerlund and Jukka Nousiainen. An impressive release on 7-inch black vinyl, limited to 500 copies!

2015. Beefed-up, blown-out, and ballsy, the new Finnish supergroup Bensiini finds Circle members Janne Westerlund, Jussi Lehtisalo, and Mika Ratto revisiting their noise-rock roots with help from Sokea Piste guitari..