Manna | it

Mariam "Manna" Jäntti, a singer-songwriter born in Paris to a Finnish mother and an Algerian father, now based in Helsinki Finland, has released her critically acclaimed album: Songs Of Hope And Desire. Mixing influences that pass decades, Manna effortlesly combines musical elements from punk rock to dreamy folk creating, a unique and powerful sound. Her first singles: "Truth Song" and "Some Girls, Some Boys" helped garner great attention among the UK press and industry and she's already picked up by the likes of Mojo, The Sunday Times Culture, Q magazine, Record of The Day, MTV UK and Myspace editorial.

In Manna's own words: " I am not interested in creating anything except heartfelt music, it can be either beautiful or just plain aggressive - often both. I grew up listening as much folk, soul and blues music than I loved the early New York punk scene bands. Anyway, there should be no rules when it comes to making music, it's when you let go of them and follow your intuition that it starts getting interesting. Sound is god and I love music."

(from her myspace page) .