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Finnish Music Traditions: From Folk to Rap!
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2015-10-18 01:00:27
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“M2403 – kantele – okänd tillverkare – foto Mikael Bodner” by Musik- och teatermuseet – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Season 2, Episode 18 – A short introduction to traditional Finnish music from Piia & Mika, including Iskelmä, Choral, Rautalanka, Folk… and Rap.


Guests: Piia Kleemola-Välimäki and Mika Virkkala, from the Sibelius Academy

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 Show Notes

In this episode, you will her Piia and Mika talk about several different styles of Finnish music, as well as some more recent trends, many of which have a strong following in the South Ostrobothnia region. Firstly, Iskelma and Schlager music, and it took quite a while for me to begin to appreciate the difference between these two – you decide for yourself whether I completely understood or not!

We then discussed Rautalanka, a style of guitar playing based on classic American rock’n’roll, imagine The Shadows or the surf guitar sound beloved of Quentin Tarantino. You’ll also hear my ‘Dire Straits confession’! We then switch tack completely and talk about the popularity of choirs for both men, women and children, and how this has made it’s way onto the TV screens in Finland.

Finnish Rap also deserves a mention (what do you mean, you’ve never heard of Finnish Rap?!) You can hear us discuss how both Cheek and Elastinen (two Finnish rappers) have risen in popularity  in recent years. This leads us onto the subject of Finnish-language pop music and the impressive ticket sales for arena concerts and festivals in 2014!

Finally, we talk about the prominence of Folk music in this area, centred on the Kaustinen municipality (which features a fiddle on it’s coat of arms), where you can study folk music as well as attend the annual Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.

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