News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
The debut album by vocalist Kadi Vija's newest quartet Key Project comes out on Flame Jazz Records on the 15th of May. The extensive release tour was scheduled to take place in May, but is now postponed to May 2021.
The 34th April Jazz Festival was already announced to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but will be held after all through a live stream from April 22nd to 25th. The April Jazz Subgrooves live streaming festival presents eight jazz performances altogether, two each night. The live stream is available globally at Keikalla.fi -website.
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and British-Nigerian soul singer-songwriter Ola Onabulé did not give up on moving their joint concert from April to December, but decided to delight their fans by implementing the music video as a remote recording.
Jazz Finland produces two Finnish tours in the spring of 2021. The application to perform on these tours is open from April 6 at 10am to May 11 at 4pm. Due to covid-19 pandemic, three tours in April–May 2020 are postponed to April–May 2021 and therefor no co-production tours will be added in the spring 2021 tour plan.
The Young Audiences Music Awards (YAMawards) are looking for the world's best live music productions for young audiences. Call for applications is open until 4th May 2020.
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland grants short-term support for professional artists and art journalists who have lost work and earnings opportunities due to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 grant is available to apply until 15th April.
The three cancelled tours that were to take place this spring, move to late March–May 2021. Jazz Finland hopes to continue the national jazz tours already in September if the pandemic situation allows.
Puistoblues was meant to happen at 24th–28th June in Järvenpää. Cancellation is due to the spreading of coronavirus and the uncertainty among the international guests and the overall situation in Finland.
Jazz & Etno Finland LIVE is a project that was launched in 2016 to create and test a support model for sustainable funding for concert production in Finland. At the moment only jazz and world/folk music businesses are eligible to apply, but in the future the structure will open to comprehend all professional event producers.
Eila Kaarresalo-Kasari published her autobiography "Jazztyttö" on Avioador. The book tells the story of a young girl's dream to experience the wonderland of America.
