Finnish music on YouTube

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Karjalasta kajahtaa

Karjala beer, that I have boycotted since Hartwall decided to shut down the Lappeenranta brewery.

A very interesting story about Hartwall brewery, and congratulations to Hartwall, but too bad about closing Lappeenranta brewery.

[Pursuivant]

Well, first of all heres something to shake up your ass:

(check out "The Punk Syndrome")

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Konevitsan kirkonkellot

Too bad that the YouTube sound track is so noisy!

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Finnish, Estonian, or Russian? A Russian student in a Finnish school? The description on YouTube is not clear, but anyway...

The Russian gusli is quite similar to the Finnish kantele. Olga Shishkina, gusli

Edit: This is an exceptional performance, brilliant!

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A 1950 view of Karelia, with background music.

[Jukka Aho]

The Finnish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 — Pernilla Karlsson’s När jag blundar— which unfortunately didn’t qualify for the final:


[Other versions on Youtube] [Spotify link] [English translation of the lyrics]

(Yes, it’s in Swedish, Pernilla’s mother tongue. Pernilla is a Swedish-speaking Finn, or a Finland-Swede. The song was originally written by her brother for their mother’s birthday party.)

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Here she is, once again. A Russian recorded in Finland? But so VERY good!

Same artist, same melody, but this time recorded in Lithuania

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Värttinä - Oi dai

The woman in the red dress is one of the Kaasinen sisters, of the original Värttinä group.

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Speaking of the original Värttinä group, of many years ago...

Värttinä "Sorja poika"

[Pursuivant]

Ah, but you all heard of Loituma?
But have you heard the "original"?("lumberjack/lumberfloat romance comedies" were very popular movie genre in the 50's)


As far the dancing goes, thse guys were stiff, here's breakdancing from the 1890's

[j.juuppeli]

That Carelian wedding is actually pretty cool! I like so much how they dance... Amazing!
Thanks very much!

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@ Pursuivant

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Attention musicians, once again ...

This piece settles into a fast 5/4 time: Tammi (The Oak) - Värttinä

And from the same Värttinä album ...

This piece settles into a slower, more relaxed 5/4 time: Niin mie mieltynen (The Beloved) - Värttinä

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You have already heard this one, as posted above, but here Mari Kaasinen takes the lead.

Värttinä - Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta

Sorry, but the YouTube soundtrack is not good, too noisy.

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You have already heard this one, as above, but this is a fun rendition. Vottikaalina