Revival of the Modern Age Music in Finland
In the returning of the traditional and socially active music in the United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere across the world, the Fin...
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the returning of the traditional and socially active music in the United
Kingdom, United States and elsewhere across the world, the Finnish roots
revival started in the year 1960. The IImajoki music festival and the Kaustinen
folk festival quickly became musical centers for the country and promote
revitalize the folk Finnish folk music in roots revival, the Runosong was
revitalized by a new generation of performers such as Kimmo Pohjonen, Reijo
Kela, and Heikki Laitinen who initiated the Kelavala performance art piece.
source of picture: thequietus.com
The
international folk music festival which was established in the year 1968 in
Kaustinen, was a major event in the popularity of the Finnish tradition, the
year 1970 saw the revival of the Finnish traditional music, which include
musicians like JPP, Konsta Jylha and Varttina. In the recent years, some of the
non-Sami musicians like Engima and Jan garbarek have used joik and other Sami
patterns in their music, while Marie Bonie of Norway is probably the most
internationally renowned Sami star, in the year 1966 the critical acclaimed
Suden Aika by Tellu Turka saw a further return of runosong to the Finnish music
scene.
