Tapani Varis | ja

Despite its wide usage, the Jew's harp is an instrument that is treated with little respect, and is rarely considered a solo instrument. Tapani Varis is someone who has completely mastered the instrument. With his first album "Munniharppuuna", he resurrects Finland's 500-year old Jew's harp tradition which was thought to have been lost forever. Varis has added a wide geographical array of stylistic influences into his mix, including elements from the Jew's harp traditions of Hungary, Siberia and even Indonesia. In the end, however, his music is ultimately part of the Finnish fiddler and folk music tradition. As well as...

Legendary corner-stone of Finnish pop with respectable career at dancing halls over decades already. Sings with passion and his car flies on the way to perform. .

Obscure, mysterious underground black metal project from Lappeenranta, Finland, very little information on Rautavaris is available. Three demo tapes have been released so far, first two unnamed tapes by the band in 2004 and 2005 and the most recent "Suden Lapset" by Grievantee, an underground label run by Horna's Shatraug, in March 2008. On the first two tapes the band plays atmospheric, melancholic and folk-tinged black metal while on the latest tape the approach is raw black metal. The second song from "Suden Lapset" is available on the band's Mikseri.net page. .