I was asked to make a post about Finnish music, so here I am!
I will be linking a few songs I personally enjoy, and a couple songs my friends suggested I link, so that you guys will get a broad view of the lively music scene here in Finland!
I'm personally more into early 2000's girl bands and artists. One big name is Maija Vilkkumaa - my childhood star. She surely divides people into two groups though, due to her quirky voice and powerful lyrics.
Someone who represents the softer female side is definitely a lady called Johanna Kurkela! Her songs are softer and almost ethereal. I really love her songs! (Extra fact: Johanna is together with Tuomas Holopainen, from Nightwish :)) Here's one of my favorites from her!
If you're more into mainstream music, I can't help you much. That's why I called my sister! :D She gave me 3 great songs that play/have played in the radio that her and her friends jam out to!
This first one is by Sanni, a young Finnish singer/songwriter. Her songs have been popular in the last couple of years. This one's her newest (I was told) and it's called Vahinko (Mistake).
Secondly we have Antti Tuisku. He competed in the Finnish version of Idols (you know the singer competition?). He came in the third place way back in 2006 and was pretty famous among young girls back then. Things looked pretty tame but recently he rose back into fame after participating in a TV-show where Finnish musicians hang out together and cover each others songs. (The show is called Vain elämää, and they made many seasons already! Look it up on Youtube, if you will, there's a lot of good music that came out of that!) This is Antti Tuisku's version of an old 80's hit song called Sata salamaa.
The last song my sister wanted me to share with you is by a gentleman called Jari Sillanpää. In the past he has been more of an "old people thing" since he rose to fame in 1995 trough a tango singing competition. In 2012 he signed to appear on the first season of the TV-show I mentioned earlier, and got more famous throughout the whole population. Here's one of his newer songs!
This was just a small scratch into Finnish music. If I covered everything, this post would be longer than life! We have a lot of great metal bands, folk music, punk, evergreens, never to mention the classical music! What kind of music do you like? Have you found any good Finnish bands? Link your favorites down in the comments! If you haven't found anything you like yet, go explore! Finnish people make a lot of different types of music, you'll surely find something you like :) If you're stuck, I can recommend something based on the genres you like! Just ask!
Have a musical weekend, see you next monday! :)
Thanks Lotta!!! Great artists you have posted! There are so many different bands and artists. I love Paula Vesala. She has a song called "Älä droppaa mun tunnelmaa" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WjCATTuk4
ReplyDeleteWhat songs do you like? Post here, so that we can share a playlist for the course!
ReplyDeletePoets of the Fall - Carnical of Rust and Apocalyptica. No specific song takes the first place, but whole "Reflections" album is brilliant in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteFinland has a huge amount of dark bands like Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, HIM, Stam1ina, The 69 Eyes blablah. I think the best known clowns are Lordi, considering they became world famous by participating and winning Eurovision Festival in 2006.