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Värttinä
Värttinä (, meaning "spindle") is a Finnish folk music band that started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then. Värttinä shot into fame with the release of their 1991 album ''Oi Dai''. As of 2009, the band consists of three lead female vocalists supported by three acoustic musicians. The vocalists sing in the Karelian dialect of the Finnish language. In August 2005, Värttinä recorded their tenth studio album called '' Miero'' at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki. It was released on 25 January 2006 in Finland, and 30 January 2006 worldwide. In 2006, Värttinä also released the Värttinä Archive Live DVD, which included material from their 20th anniversary concert and other new and archive material. Värttinä collaborated with A. R. Rahman, a notable Indian composer, in composing the music for the theatrical adaptation of ''The Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oi Dai
''Oi Dai'' is Värttinä's 3rd album, and the first after they re-formed in 1990 after losing many members. It was released in 1991 in Finland by Spirit/Polygram. It was a great success, and led to Värttinä touring throughout Europe. In 1994, it was released in the United States by Xenophile Records. It was later re-released in the US by NorthSide. Track listing #"Marilaulu" (traditional, arranged by Värttinä) – 2:08 #"Mie oon musta" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:17 #"Viikon vaivane" (traditional/S. Kaasinen, arr. Värttinä) – 4:23 #"Kamaritski" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:15 #"Miinan laulu" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 3:13 #"Ukko lumi" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:09 #"Vot vot ja niin niin" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:41 #"Tupa täynnä tuppasuita" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:34 #"Oi dai" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 3:43 #"Tantsukolena" (trad., arr. Värttinä) – 2:07 #"Kiiriminna" – 2:43 #"Yks on huoli" (traditional/S. Kaasinen, arr. Värttinä) – 4: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Aho
Susan Aho (born 5 March 1974) is a Finnish folk music singer-songwriter and a member of the Värttinä music group. In 2010, she represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as part of the duo Kuunkuiskaajat. Biography Susan Aho was born in Espoo, in Southern Finland, near the capital Helsinki. Having played the accordion since she was 13, Aho joined Värttinä in 1998, replacing Riitta Kossi, and was the accordionist and a vocalist on their album ''Vihma''. By the next album, ''Ilmatar'' (2001) she confined herself to singing, having been replaced as accordionist by Markku Lepistö. She studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and is involved in a variety of other projects besides Värttinä. For example, she was vocalist and accordionist in the Greek group Odysseia, was a member of the folk band Metsänväki, and with the Finnish accordionist Minna Luoma played Finnish gypsy songs in the group Rotunaiset. Since 1998 she has been a member of the Balkan-Finnish gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musta Lindu
''Musta Lindu'' (re-released as ''Black Bird''), is Värttinä's 2nd album, released in 1989 by Olarin Musiikki. Like their first album, it is mostly traditional Karelian and Finnish folk songs, with 15 girls singing and playing kantele and 6 young men on acoustic instruments. In 1998, the album was re-released under the title ''Black Bird'', by Finlandia Innovators. Track listing #"Sorja poika" / "Pretty Boy" (traditional / Sari Kaasinen A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO * bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO * gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...) – 2:58 #"Musta lindu" / "Black Bird" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:02 #"Itku" / "Weep" (S. Kaasinen) – 5:11 #"Ui ui" / "Oh..." (trad. / S.Kaasinen) – 2:37 #"Täst' se lähti toinen tahti" / "The Second Beat" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 4:59 #"Vot i kaalina" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 1:47 #"K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seleniko
''Seleniko'' is the fourth album by Finnish folk group Värttinä, and second after they re-formed in 1990, released in Finland by Spirit and Polygram Finland in 1992. It immediately reached the top of the European World Music radio charts, and remained there for 3 months. In 1993, it was released by Music & Words in Benelux and Xenophile Records in the United States. NorthSide re-released the album in 1998 in the United States. The song "Matalii ja mustii" was featured on the episode "Binky Rules/Meet Binky" of the children's show ''Arthur'' in the United States, and also appears on the first ''Arthur'' soundtrack. Track listing #"Seelinnikoi" (music: tradition, lyrics: Sari Kaasinen, arrangement: Janne Lappalainen, Tom Nyman, Riitta Potnoja, Kari Reiman) – 3:40 #"Lemmennosto" / "Awakening of Love" (music & lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Nyman, Reiman, Tommi Viksten) – 2:53 #"Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta" / "The Village Awaits the New Moon" (music & lyrics: trad., arr.: S. Kassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miero (album)
''Miero'' ("Outcast") is Värttinä's 13th album (10th studio album). Track listing #"Riena / Anathema" (music: Antto Varilo, lyrics: Maari Kaasinen, Johanna Virtanen) – 3:30 #"Valhe / The Lie" (music: Lassi Logrén, lyrics: Susan Aho) – 4:47 #"Mataleena" (music: Janne Lappalainen, lyrics: Kaasinen, traditional) – 3:54 #"Synti / The Sin" (music: Varilo, lyrics: Kaasinen, trad) – 4:04 #"Maaria" (music: Aho, lyrics: Timo Kiiskinen) – 4:49 #"Miero / The Outcast" (music: Markku Lepistö, lyrics: Kaasinen, Lepistö, Logrén, trad) – 4:46 #"Mierontie / Path of the Outcast" (music: Varilo, lyrics: Kaasinen, Aho) – 2:48 #"Mustat kengät / Black Shoes" (music: Virtanen, lyrics: Kiiskinen) – 3:54 #"Lupaus / The Promise" (music: Lappalainen, lyrics: Kaasinen, trad) – 5:39 #"Lumotar / The Enchantress" (music: Virtanen, Logrén, lyrics: Kaasinen) – 2:23 #"9 lukkoa / 9 Locks" (music: Varilo) – 2:46 #"Eerama" (music: Aho, Kaasinen, Virtanen, lyrics: Kaasinen, Virtanen) – 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lord Of The Rings (musical)
''The Lord of the Rings'' is a stage musical with music by A. R. Rahman, Värttinä, and Christopher Nightingale and lyrics and a book by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is the most prominent of several theatre adaptations of the novel. Set in the world of Middle-earth, ''The Lord of the Rings'' tells the tale of a humble hobbit who is asked to play the hero and undertake a treacherous mission to destroy an evil, magic ring without being seduced by its power. The musical was first performed in Toronto in 2006, before transferring to the West End in June 2007 with a record £25 million budget. By the time, it was the most expensive stage production ever. ''The Lord of the Rings'' closed one year later in July 2008, becoming one of the biggest commercial flops in West End history. Productions Toronto London-based theatre producer Kevin Wallace and his partner, Saul Zaentz—stage and film rights holder—in associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnvox Studios
Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland. It was founded by Erkki Ertesuo, Kurt Juuranto and Lejos Inc. in 1965 and is the longest running studio recording facility in Finland. The original multi-track recording equipment and continuous technical updates of the studio machines and acoustics soon made Finnvox the most sought after studio in the country. Finnish artists which recorded at Finnvox in the 1970s include Rauli Somerjoki, M. A. Numminen and their bands, Wigwam, Agit-prop and many others. Up until the 1990s, Finnvox also operated a vinyl record mastering and pressing facility, which was later converted in new studio rooms and in a mixing and recording room for film and TV productions. Currently, Finnvox occupy 2000 square feet and has nine studio rooms, five of which are used for recording and mixing, three for mastering and editing and one for film and TV productions. Finnvox Studios maintained for five decades their importance i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rääkkylä
Rääkkylä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in North Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Bräkylä" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rääkkylä" also in Swedish. Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi. Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995. People *Actor Esa Pakarinen (1911–1989), better known for his role as Pekka Puupää *Author Raimo J. Kinnunen (born 1931) *Mari and Sari Kaasinen, founders of the popular Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real World Records
Real World Records is a British record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1989 by English musician Peter Gabriel and original members of WOMAD. A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at Real World Studios, in Box, Wiltshire, England. History In 1999, the label had sold over 3 million records worldwide and released 90 albums. In 2015, it had reached the mark of over 200 albums. Artists * Afro Celt Sound System * Ashkhabad * Ayub Ogada * Bernard Kabanda * Big Blue Ball * Charlie Winston * Creole Choir of Cuba * Dengue Fever * Farafina * Fatala * Geoffrey Oryema * Guo Brothers * Hoba Hoba Spirit * Johnny Kalsi * Joi * Joseph Arthur * Les Amazones d'Afrique * Little Axe * Mamer * Maryam Mursal * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Ozomatli * Paban Das Baul * Pan-African Orchestra * Papa Wemba * Peter Gabriel * Portico Quartet * Rupert Hine * Samuel Yirga * Sheila Chandra * Sevara Nazarkhan * Spiro * The Blind Boys of Alabama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari People
The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan republics. In the past, the Mari have also been known as the Cheremisa or the Cheremis people in Russian and the Çirmeş in Tatar. Name The ethnic name ''mari'' derives from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *''márya''-, meaning 'human', literally 'mortal, one who has to die', which indicates early contacts between Finno-Ugric and Indo-Iranian languages. History Early history Some scholars have proposed that two tribes mentioned by the Gothic writer Jordanes in his ''Getica'' among the peoples in the realm of Gothic king Ermanaric in the fourth century CE can be equated with the Mari people. However, the identification of the ''Imniscaris'' (or ''Sremniscans'') with "Cheremis", and ''Merens'' with "Mari" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame), colloquially referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist. The concertina , harmoneon and bandoneón are related. The harmonium and American reed organ are in the same family, but are typically larger than an accordion and sit on a surface or the floor. The accordion is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys, causing ''pallets'' to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel, called '' reeds''. These vibrate to produce sound inside the body. Valves on opposing reeds of each note are used to make the instrument's reeds sound louder without air leaking from each reed block.For the accordion's place among the families of musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åland
Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a population of 30,129, constituting 0.51% of its land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Åland is situated in an archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It comprises Fasta Åland on which 90% of the population resides and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east. Of Åland's thousands of islands, about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
