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Jarkko Tapani Suo, professionally known as Lauri TähkäLauri Tähkä erosi vaimostaan - Viihde - Ilta-Sanomat
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Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
), is a Finnish
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and recording artist. He was a leading member in the former band
Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu Elonkerjuu is a Finnish folk rock band. Lauri Tähkä founded the band in the mid-1990s and it was known from 1994 until 2011 as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu. They were signed since 2006 with Universal Music Finland. In 2011 Lauri Tähkä left the b ...
. Growing up he listened to
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,
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, the Finnish band Eppu Normaali, the works of
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as well as
Kauko Röyhkä Kauko Röyhkä, (born Jukka-Pekka Välimaa, 12 February 1959, Valkeakoski), is a Finnish Rock music, rock musician, author and screenwriter. Since the early 1980s he has been a popular rock artist in Finland known especially as a strong lyricist. ...
. Tähkä found his musical identity in a cross between rock and national ballads. With his cousin Simo Ralli he created "Niin kauan minä tramppaan" (I'll trek as long as), which won the "Lapuan Spelit" competition. The Elonkerjuu band's home base was
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, Finland. Currently Lauri Tähkä is making a solo career. His first album, '' Polte'', was released in October, 2011.


Discography

(For albums and singles of
Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu Elonkerjuu is a Finnish folk rock band. Lauri Tähkä founded the band in the mid-1990s and it was known from 1994 until 2011 as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu. They were signed since 2006 with Universal Music Finland. In 2011 Lauri Tähkä left the b ...
, see discography of that article)


Albums

as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu Solo albums


Singles

as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu (Charting in
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)
Others (including promotional singles / EPs) Solo


References


External links


Official homepage
(In Finnish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tahka, Lauri 1973 births Living people People from Vaasa Finnish male musicians