Jazz Finland Live

Mopo is a trio formed by three young talents - a group that critics and audiences alike have been buzzing much about recently. The group draws their inspiration from jazz, punk rock of the 1970s and the Finnish nature. Like performing, writing is done together while each musician's personal contribution can be heard in the outcome. This group always leaves plenty of room for surprises, too!

Mopo has performed live at London Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival and Flow Festival and received heaps of recognition. This purring engine can be named as one of the rising stars of the Finnish jazz scene!

Linda Fredriksson - saxophones, glockenspiel, willow flute

Eero Tikkanen - double bass, harmonica, rubber chicken

Eeti Nieminen - drums, reindeer bell, Jew's harp

Mirkka & Madrugada, founded in 2006, is a collective from Helsinki, lead by vocalist Mirkka Kivilehto. The group's musical roots grow deep in the traditions of Brazilian forró,  Afro-American music and Finnish popular song. From the beginning, the band has been famous for their individual and distiguishable musical style and high-energy live gigs. The joy of playing is at the core of Mirkka & Madrugada's philosphy, and it is no surprise that these Brazilian rhythms seasoned with a hint of dub have found a devoted audience in their home city.

Mirkka Kivilehto - vocals

Larri Himma - guitar

Ville Husgafvel - accordion, melodica

Mikko Rossi - bass

Riku Nissilä - percussion

Tuomas Saikkonen - zazumba

Elina Heikkinen - alto violin

Emil is a DJ, radio host, researcher in music and producer who is known for a number of clubs: Boom Shakalaka, Sabor, Vamos!, Afro Sunday and Afro Friday. He hosts his own world music show on Bassoradio with the collective Boom Shakalaka and has performed on clubs and festivals around Finland and in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe.

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Dalindèo and Nieminen & Litmanen, two heavyweight talents of the Finnish jazz scene tour together this spring! The legendary Tavastia will be hosting these two phenomenal groups on Friday 2 May.

During its 10-year existence, the Emma-awarded Dalindèo have proven to have a knack of merging different musical genres in a unique way. Their latest album, “Kallio”, took the group from the Brazilian dance floors of their early career to surf guitars and the bohemian side of the Finnish capital, and it is surely from here where the Balkan melodies and the influence of Finnish popular music of the1950s come from. Dalindèo is made of a strongly melodic style and cinematic feels and they are determined to make every member in the audience move.

The duo Nieminen & Litmanen has established itself as an inimitable instrumental dance band. This group has trusted its signature Hammond sound for almost ten years - successfully. From the beginning, Nieminen & Litmanen have made music that is both true to their taste and to the musical traditions their pieces draw from. And these traditions range from blues, rock, reggae, afro and soul to funk, popular music, rockabilly, punk, jazz and bossa nova.

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