I'm entranced by what I've heard, which is mainly Varttina. I think Hedningarna's one of the hottest bands around, and their vocalists are Finnish. This is the thing that impresses me about so many of the Finnish musicians I've heard, including Sanna Kurki-Suonio and Wimme: they seem to embrace the idea of their voices as instruments to be played with, manipulated, used in varied ways! No lazy singing in Finland! I also really like the fiddle group JPP; great motion, great sense of harmony and arrangements. Seems to be just a ton of excellent, adventurous folk-based music coming out of Sweden, Norway, and Finland these days. Has anyone heard the beautiful album of Norwegian medieval songs by Agnes Buen-Garnas and Jan Garbarek? Anyway, Andy, I'm happy to try to talk about Finnish music, I just don't know how much (herring) I can bring to the table! Margaret