SOLJU
2022. The Finnish traditional yoik instruments in this album translate the vibes of Finnish spring. Combined with strings, electronics, percussion, brass, guitar and bass, 'Uvjamuohta/Pulverschnee' features guests a..
UUSIKUU
2022. Uusikuu celebrate their sixteenth anniversary with their fifth album 'Karuselli'. In 2006, Finnish singer Laura Ryhänen, violinist Mikko Kuisma, and German accordionist Norbert Bremes founded this ensembl..
OKRA PLAYGROUND
2023. The internationally acclaimed Finnish six-piece group Okra Playground is releasing their highly anticipated third album. The group's music is a combination of traditional Finnish folk, electro and pop-rock, wh..
ENKEL
2023. 'Love Hurts' is the third studio album of Enkel, the Finnish folk quartet made up of two melodeons, kantele, viola and vocals; four personable, unique and folky women with their instruments, sharing a great p..
HIRVONEN PAIVI
2022. Päivi Hirvonen, the internationally acclaimed Finnish singer, fiddle and bowed lyre player, releases her second solo album 'Kallio'. Hirvonen has been touring the world for years both solo and with the gr..
KAUHANEN MAIJA
2022. The music and soundscapes Maija created for 'Menneet' are inspired by her life, and the sounds heard whilst touring the world as a solo arst. The music tells stories of courage, meaningful meetings, and being ..
HANSDOTTIR GUDRID
2022. Five years after the release of her last album 'Painted Fire', Gudrid Hansdóttir from the Faroer returns with her album 'Gult Myrkur' (Yellow Darkness). Emotional and very personal, again Gudrid convin..
RITVA NERO
2022. Ritva Nero comes from the Finnish music scene and was formed in 2017. The music of the band could be described as 'party metal folk'. The instruments used are soprano saxophone, Finnish bagpipes and nyckelharp..
AYSAY
2021. 'Su Akar' (translated from Turkish: 'water flows') is AySay's debut full-length album. The folk trio from Denmark, comprising of singer Luna Ersahin, Aske Dossing Bendixen on percussion and Carl West Hosbond o..
BARBORA XU
2021. Building bridges between east and west is what Czech musician Barbora Xu is aiming at on her debut 'Olin Ennen' ("I was" in Finnish), drawing on millennia-old traditions. 'Olin Ennen' imbues the live..
KONGERO
2021. Swedish all-female vocal folk quartet Kongero have been singing traditional Scandinavian songs in self-penned arrangements and the best a cappella tradition. 'Live In Longueuil' was recorded in 2019 at the Th&..
CELENKA
2021. On 'Villoi Varsa', Celenka presents Karelian female singers who performed the traditional songs from their villages and families to folk song collectors in the early 1900s. The album includes songs by Olga Kot..
RATKO DIVJAK AND FRIENDS
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GAJANAS
2021. Gájanas, which translates to 'echo' in english, comes from Inari-Utsjoki, northern Finland and plays Northern Sámi ethno-progressive music. Members of the band are Hildá Länsman, Nich..
SUISTAMON SAHKO
2021. Still deeply rooted in their high energy dancey arctic etno-tekno sound, this album is bands most pop-esque but also the wildest one so far. It's a diverse mix of four voices rapping and singing with evolving,..
BJORKLUND IRINA & PAUANN
2020. While preparing herself for her role in the TV series 'Peacemaker', Irina Björklund thoroughly studied the work of professional peace negotiators, which usually goes under the public's radar. Also, being ..
KUJANPAA EMMI
2020. Emmi Kujanpaa is a Finnish folk music professional who works currently as a folk singer, kantele player, composer and researcher. She founded Finnish-Bulgarian vocal ensemble Finno-Balkan Voices which combined..
BARTOSIK TUULIKKI
2019. "Tempest In A Teapot" is the second solo album from Estonian accordionist Tuulikki Bartosik, the follow-up to the 2016 internationally acclaimed album "Storied Sounds". Tuulikki recorded al..
KIVIMAKI ANNE MARI & PAL
2019. The Hameen lauluja (Songs of Hame) album is based on notes from a Hame accordion player, a sense of homeland and old stories. For centuries, lust for love, scheming for love and heartache have been experienced..
UUSIKUU
2019. It was in the early 2000s that Finnish singer Laura Ryhanen and her accordionist Norbert Bremes along with fellow musicians played for the first time the "Finntango" in Tubingen. In 2006 Laura founde..
VÝBEROVKA
2019. Some of the artists represented on this album already have appeared on the compilation "Nordic Notes Vol. 3: Folk aus Norway". This collection has other discoveries: the young trio Raabygg, the Downr..
PAUANNE
2019. Pagan sounds from the depths of the Finnish forests! Pauanne rediscover the long-lost non-Christian tradition of Finnish folk music. The trio, fronted by Kukka Lehto, has searched through Helsinki's music arch..
VILDA
2019. When Hildá and Viivi heard each other's music for the first time, an idea was born to combine yoik and accordion. Vilda combines mystical yoiks, swinging rhythms and improvisation in a fascinating way. ..
ASSU
2019. Assu has been influenced by traditional Sami Joik. Ulla Pirttijarvi joiks of her relatives and her home villages Utsjoki and Angeli. Olav Torget and Harald Skullerud join on string instruments and percussions...