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 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.

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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.