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How did a country of a million sad songs finally emerge as the Eurovision winner thanks to Lordi? What happened in Finnish popular music at the turn of the last century and is there something that ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

The deeply forested, lake-strewn country of Finland was celebrating a national festival. Every Finnish hamlet was gaily festooned and beflagged. Schoolchildren had the day off. Deputations from the ...

In its march to the digital future the sound recording industry has left for dead a variety of formats. The mainstream recording industry long ago abandoned the 7” vinyl single, the 45 rpm, and the ...

Finnish musicians have been converging on Duluth for today's start of Finnfest. They're bringing many kinds of music, from the unexpected (tango) to the largely unknown (Finnish pop and rock acts).

Considering its 80th birthday is next year, Finnish jazz is awfully young at heart. Finnish-American musicians aboard the M/S Andania brought jazz to the country in 1926, according to urban myth, but ...

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Time to stop pining for a third Bill & Ted movie — the next great heavy metal comedy has arrived! Heavy Trip follows a fictional Finnish metal band, Impaled Rektum, as they make a (hilariously) ...