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Newletters archive 01/2012
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- Finnish songwriter takes part in Danish Eurovision showdown
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on 2012-01-11
Jonnaemilia Kärkkäinen (HMC) is taking part in the contest to choose Denmark’s Eurovision entry. A song she wrote together with Philip Halloun, called Baby Love Me, is one of the entries.
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- Finland one of the top places to visit in 2012 according to NYT
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on 2012-01-11
New York Times chose Finland as number two, after Panama, in a list of places to go in 2012.
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- Finland’s Eurovision selection procedure changes
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on 2012-01-11
Selection will now happen in the context of a contest called Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) or New Music Contest.
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- Behind the Scenes
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on 2012-01-11
Finnish ISP and telecommunications company Elisa has started blocking access to the Pirate Bay file sharing site for its customers.
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- Eurosonic features four Finnish bands
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on 2012-01-11
Eurosonic is one of the most important events of the year for the European music professional.
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- Mirel Wagner plays JA JA JA
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on 2012-01-10
This month’s JA JA JA Nordic Club Night features Finnsh singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner.
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- Midem has a considerable Finnish presence
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on 2012-01-10
The world’s foremost music conference, now in its 46th year, has some new tricks up its sleeve this year, like the Midem Marketing Campaign Competition.
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- Reminder! Harmonica quartet Sväng will tour Germany and Luxemburg in January
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on 2012-01-10
The harmonic foursome will be showing Germany and Luxemburg how it’s done, from sea shangies to Balkan grooves and on to country catrilles, in January:
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- Accordionist Maria Kalaniemi #13 on WMCE year-end list
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on 2012-01-10
The WMCE collective list for 2011 is a recalculation of all listed records from the bygone year.
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- Experimental jazz group Oddarang’s new album out in the UK
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on 2012-01-10
The band led by drummer/composer Olavi Louhivuori, whom some of you may know from his work with Tomasz Stanko among others, recently released its second album Cathedral in Finland.
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- Jazz drummer/pianist Jukkis Uotila speaks on the future of Finnish jazz
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on 2012-01-10
Finnish Music Information Center posted this illuminating interview with a real pioneer of Finnish jazz.
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- Holiday snapshots by indie band Regina
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on 2012-01-10
Anthem Magazine runs a series called 21 Exposures where they give bands they like disposable cameras.
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- Artsy rockers Rubik play for The Wild Honey Pie’s Honey, I’m Home sessions
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on 2012-01-10
The sessions are recorded at Brooklyn, NY’s Sounds Like A Fire Studios
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- Kraut pounding K-X-P’s New Order cover sneak peak online
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on 2012-01-10
MOJO has released a preview of their February 2012 cover mount CD of New Order covers by a bunch of new-school luminaries such as Destroyer, Zombie Zombie, Fujiya & Miyagi, as well as K-X-P
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- Musical mystics Pepe Deluxe work to save the Baltic sea with Queen of the Wave
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on 2012-01-10
Pepe Deluxé, those magical musical explorers of the unknown are about to dazzle the audiences worldwide with their brand new album, Queen of the Wave, released through Essential Distribution on January 30.
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- Singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner gets 4-star MOJO review
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on 2012-01-10
Mirel’s eponymous debut album is continuing its insinuation into the folds of the global brain.
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- Poets of the Fall’s song available on PC game Rochard
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on 2012-01-10
The soundtrack for the game Rochard
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- Glam rocker Michael Monroe’s album sells Gold
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on 2012-01-10
The album, which was chosen as album of the year by Classic Rock magazine, has been certified Gold in Finland.
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- Glam band Negative win Chinese Christmas song competition
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on 2012-01-10
Negative and their song Believe beat men's choir Semmarit and singer Saara Aalto in a net-based competition aimed at Chinese and European audiences as part of the Chinese-Finnish Santa in China project.
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- Pop rockers Sunrise Avenue’s song gets most plays on German radio in 2011
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on 2012-01-10
German radio station’s spun the bands single Hollywood Hills a total of approximately 50,000 times.
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- French Films
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on 2012-01-10
What started out as a bedroom solo project for Johannes Leppänen has turned into a tune-laden touring machine with a ferocious work ethic.
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- Progressive death metallers Barren Earth release album in the US
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on 2012-01-10
The band’s second album The Devil’s Resolve will be released on vinyl and cd by Peaceville Records, featuring a cover by US-based artist Paul Romano.
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- Doom metal merchants Swallow The Sun release new video
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on 2012-01-10
The band’s fifth album, titled Emerald Forest And The Blackbird, will be released on Spinefarm Records on February 1, 2012
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- Melodic metal mavens Children of Bodom add European dates
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on 2012-01-10
The band has added some European dates in June and July.
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- Classic metal band Battle Beast to support Nightwish
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on 2012-01-10
Global metal battle victors Battle Beast support Nightwish on a European tour starting in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 11, 2012
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- Symphonic metal band Nightwish charts all over the place
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on 2012-01-10
The band’s new album Imaginaerum racked up an impressive array of chart entries upon release.