Finland

Multe Music changes time and adds rebroadcast!

November 12, 2009

We're delighted to announce a small time change for the Multe Music broadcasts on Saturday and the addition of a rebroadcast time on KYMN Radio. As of this Saturday, you can now hear Multe Music on air and online at: Saturdays at 2 p.m. CT / -6 UTC / 20:00 GMT Mondays at 7 p.m. [...]

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Angelic joiking

November 17, 2008

Angelit, a group formerly known as Angelin Tytöt (The Girls of Angeli), come from the village of Angeli in the municipality of Inari, one of the few purely Sámi villages in northern Finland. Their music is the joik. One source explains joiking this way: The yoik is the Sámi way of talking and purifying oneself. [...]

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The Finnish goddess of the accordion

November 14, 2008

There is a goddess of accordion…and she is from Finland and her name is Maria Kalaniemi. She's classically trained, but grew up playing folk music and that is still where her heart is as she teaches in the folk music department of Finland's famed music school, the Sibelius Academy. I've had the opportunity to hear [...]

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