Direktlänk till inlägg 18 augusti 2014
Last year me and my woman discovered this artist from Finland when we were in the country on vacation. We decided to go to a concert with him this summer and it also happened to be a beerfestival as well, lucky me! We saw 3 songs by the female singer Erin that combines pop with folkmusic and I supposed it sounded ok but not my cup of tea. It was an interesting mix though of musical styles and not the ordinary toplist pop.
Juha Tapio and his band played a one hour show that was okey and very nice to see and hear but there was not much action and connection with the audience from the stage. It seemed like a day at work for them. The music is kind of dark and melodic mix of rock and pop taht takes of here and there but mostly is more mellow with balladlike songs about love and misery, like many other finnish artists.
It was an new experience to see a concert in Finland and I hope there will be more since my woman and I have finnish relatives over there.
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