Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi | tr

Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi is a Finnish band formed by Kerkko Koskinen (Ultra Bra) with Vuokko Hovatta (Ultra Bra), Paula Vesala (PMMP) and Manna. In January 2014 Paula Vesala informed that she had left the group. She was replaced by Maija Vilkkumaa. Kollektiivi has released two albums, "Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi" in 2012 (which won the Finnish gold record music prize) and "2" in 2014. .

Kerkko Koskinen is an awarded Finnish composer, who has previously worked with the chart-topping leftfield pop ensemble Ultra Bra. Koskinen has always been intrigued by big orchestras and his first recording for Ricky-Tick Records, “Agatha” was a logical step towards this direction. It has influences from Lalo Schifrin, Gil Evans and Igor Stravinsky but the result sounds very much like certain Mr. Kerkko Koskinen. Koskinen recently teamed up with The Five Corners Quintet, when he composed and arranged the score for the National Theater’s play “Othello”. The result brings to mind Miles Davis and his score for the French crime...

Samae Koskinen (original name Sami Koskinen, born in 1978) is a Finnish singer-songwriter. He is also the frontman and founding member of Sister Flo. He has released three albums with his own name called 'Vol 1' (2008), 'Elossa ('Alive')' (2009) and 'Kuuluuko, kuuntelen' (2011). Official website at http://www.samaekoskinen.com/ and myspace http://www.myspace.com/samaekoskinen .

Sprouted from a blend of American folk, country, rock-n-roll, and blues, Erik Koskinen albums are a lyrical and musical metaphor of America’s theaters of war, history, relationships, and reflections in the mirror. Knowing but not didactic, Koskinen channels the ways of Whitman and reverently enters the anthology of uniquely crafted wry songs with the likes of Woody Guthrie and Ry Cooder while speaking as plainly as your neighbor. The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls Koskinen “the real deal” and “the best country songwriter in Minnesota.” .