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The Finnish Photographer of Rock
{mosimage} Ville Akseli Juurikkala is the most important rock photographer in Finland nowadays. His work can be seen in recent albums and official promotion material of top Finnish bands such as H.I.M. Nightwish, Hanoi Rocks, Apocalyptica, The Rasmus or 69 Eyes. International stars such as American actress and musician Juliette Lewis or Colombian singer Juanes […]
At an extensive free event, there will be music by among others afro-beat/soul singer Mad Ice (UGA) and soothe-voiced Brazilian singer-songwriter Thais Morell. The evening programme will also showcase dances from Britain to Tahiti and from Indonesia and China to the Balkans and the Middle East. The taste buds can be pampered with the ethnic […]
During his time as Editor, Kivekäs innovated the magazine drastically, among other things by developing it with more varied use of the Finnish language (with lots of wordplays, references and synonyms). He also started printing the names of the illustrators that worked on the stories, which had been taboo until then. During his life time, […]
During the first semi-final, held on Tuesday night (21.5), frontman J. Ahola and the other members of the warrior-style metal group brought explosions, flames, leather, muscles and warrior weaponry to the Belgrade Arena. Their song in Finnish, with lots of “huh hahs“, will be among the 25 entries participating to win this year‘s pan-European contest. […]
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StSanders shreds it!
{mosimage} Have Steve Vai, Clapton or Gary Moore forgotten how to play guitar? Many people asked themselves the same question after watching some videos in YouTube with awful performances by top rock guitarists, and the answer is: Santeri Ojala aka StSanders, the master of shredding the best solos of our guitar heroes. I meet Santeri […]
This year, it’s 30 years since the release of the band’s classic album Parallel Lines. A new special edition of the long player will be released during the tour. Blondie was formed in 1974, initially billed as Angel and the Snake. Renamed to Blondie in 1975, the band was successful in the New York underground […]
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Theatre days
Today opens the 5th edition of the international theatre festival Baltic Circle. Until 17 May the programme offers an array of contemporary theatre performances and exhibitions from the Baltic region and central Europe. In addition this year the OFF Circle programme showcases contemporary productions from Finland. {mosimage} One of the most surprisingly performance will be […]
During the tour that started mid-February, the band played 39 gigs in 18 countries in front of a combined audience of over 175,000. The entire tour entourage consisted of 55 people. For the transport of all the tour gear and personnel four trucks and four buses were needed. The group originating from Kitee, Eastern Finland, […]
MUSIC Iolanta Savva from Moldova has won the second edition of Ourvision, the song contest for people with non-Finnish roots organised by International Cultural Centre Caisa. During the final held on Saturday night (26.4) at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, she managed to impress the jury with her versions of Céline Dion’s ‘Just Walk Away’ and […]
{mosimage}COMICS Milla Paloniemi has won the first ever Sarjakuva Finlandia, the ‘comics version’ of the prestigious Finlandia Prize. The creator of the popular Kiroileva siili (‘The swearing hedgehog’) comic was announced as the winner of the prize at the Tampere Kuplii comics festival, which took place in Tampere during the weekend. Praise The Sarjakuva Finlandia, […]
FESTIVALS / MUSIC Björk will come for the first time to Helsinki this summer. The small Islandic singer, who has been big on the world stage for many years, will perform in the capital on the 10th of July as part of this year‘s Helsinki Festival. She will take into test use Finlandia Park as […]
The prestigious international Emmys were presented at a gala during the international MIPTV fair, held this week in Cannes, France. Staraoke is a cross-media format based on a karaoke-style game that includes a console version (PlayStation 2), a TV show and an on line game. In Finland, the TV show can be watched on MTV3. […]
MUSIC Two Finnish a cappella groups have been announced as the winners of prestigious awards awarded by the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA). Club For Five will receive the CASA Award for ‘Holiday Album’ of the Year for their Christmas album Rekiretki. Rajaton was even announced the winner in two categories: Folk/World Album […]