Niin kuin Ismo Alanko laulaa: ”Rakkaus on ruma sana, kaipaus soi kauniimpana”.

Einojuhani Rautavaara and Kalevi Aho, teacher and pupil, are both key figures in the Finnish music of their respective generations. Rautavaara’s musical language evolved from neoclassicism through dodecaphony and the stylistic freedom of the 1960s before he eventually allowed himself to choose his expressive idiom according to the individual requirements of his works. Towards the end of his career, his works took on a very consistent, softtoned character. For his part, Aho also began his career using a freely applied neoclassical style before gradually progressing to a more varied, at times modernist expressive and incisive approach.

Kriya, meaning "work" or "action" in Sanskrit, is an ensemble of top Finnish and Indian musicians. The varied musical background of its members is audible in its music, a combination of not only rock and jazz but also folk and classical Indian music. Most of the pieces were composed by guitarist Peter Lerche. The songs are in Sanskrit, Pali and Finnish.

The Finnish pianist, composer, and piano teacher Ilmari Hannikainen (1892 - 1955) wrote over one hundred solo songs. As a child, he accompanied his mother, the singer Alfhild "Alli" Hannikainen (1967 - 1949), on the piano. His own songs bear dedications to her and to many other well-known Finnish singers of the time, some of whom he also performed with. As late as the 1950s, he recorded several songs for Finnish Radio, but unfortunately, only a few of the recordings have survived.

Varjola, named as suomirock's black sheep, released his long-worked debut album ”100 ugly emotional states”today.

I dreamed of a faraway land-the album's music is inspired by six paintings from the history of Finnish visual art. The music on the album serves as a free-form soundtrack for these works and beckons listeners to make their own interpretations and journeys between sound and image. The album comes with a picture booklet with photographs of the paintings that inspired the music.

"The first time I heard the vibraphonist Severi Pyysalo, who appears on the album, was when he was 16 years old. I was sold by then, he has always been a role model for me.

Lauri Schreck & Puhuri unveil their album "Tapahtuu," marking a significant chapter in their Finnish rock journey.

Tatu Back, best known for Erja Lyytinen's band, leads his progeor Orchestra in the footsteps of Pekka Pohjola to pieces of music that stretch to epic proportions.

Pianist Emilie Adolfsson brings together a band consisting of Johanna Grüssner (vocal), Esko Grundström (double bass), Andreas Nyberg (violin) and Thomas Törnroos (drums) for Över bygden, a collection of Finnish-Swedish classics in new arrangements!

Sophie Lloyd is one of the most prolific guitarists on the world wide web, a trailblazer who is redefining the concept of a "bedroom" guitarist.

Oiro Pena is a Finnish jazz collective helmed by prolific composer Antti Vauhkonen. Their forthcoming album, Puna, recorded in bedrooms, studios and other salubrious locations around Helsinki during 2022, is a mix of lo-fi spiritual jazz, experimental, and avant-garde music forms.

This new album by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Aapo Häkkinen together with the Audi Jugendchorakademie and bassoonist Jani Sunnarborg featuring late works by composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838) makes an important addition to the recordings of Nordic Classical period works and of early Finnish music. Highlight of the album is the world première recording of Crusell’s Viking-themed ‘The Last Warrior’ (Den sista kämpen), the composer’s last large-scale composition.

Debut album of Musta Leskinen. A pile of instrumental swinging rock with trace amounts of Hendrix and ZZ Top.