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Jazz City Turku to create jobs and liven up local cultural life

Turku has seen the formation of a unique coalition, Jazz City Turku. Bringing together three local cultural players, the project aims at fostering regular, year-round concert activities to create jobs to artists and enliven local cultural and economic life.







Funky Awards picked out last year's best jazz and pop artists

The best of last year's Finnish funk, soul, jazz reggae, hip hop, afro and groove was awarded in the traditional Funky Awards Gala on Saturday 30 January at Helsinki’s Ravintola Pressa. The two biggest winners of 2015 were hip hop artists Asa and Paperi T.