Mostly finnish music

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 01:13 PM

Jed, what's Risto Jarvenpaa (Järvenpää?) like? And what kind of piper's he got???

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: GUEST,Margaret V in |Dublin
Date: 06 Nov 00 - 12:09 PM

Hey, Lepus, I had to give a lecture at the Norwegian American museum in Decorah once, and I LIKED the town. Still, the Elks Club, I see what you're getting at... Margaret

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 06 Nov 00 - 05:17 PM

No, I seriously meant that they were lucky. I wish I could have went... :)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Margaret V
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 11:34 PM

Well, I dragged my jet-lagged self down to NYC to hear Garmarna on Wednesday night. I'd have to say I'd rather have seen them at the Decorah Elks. They were good, but the venue (the Winter Garden, basically at the foot of the World Trade Center) wasn't at all good for them. It's a cavernous atrium complete with palm trees, and there are shops and restaurants along the sides, so people are coming and going constantly and there's a lot of background noise to contend with, as well as the echo... they seemed to be struggling at times to hear one another. It was better when they were doing the noisy, way-cool stuff and rocking out than when they were trying to play the more sparse stuff. Emma Hardelin certainly sang beautifully; the weird acoustics meant that the upper range of her voice came through better than the lower. So, it was fun to see them in action and the material was beautiful, but I hope I have another chance to see them. Also, they only played for an hour; considering my journey was two hours in each direction, that seemed a bit scant, but hey, it was free.... Margaret

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 12 Nov 00 - 05:18 AM

Eww, Swedish music with palm trees? They should have done a church, like they did up here. I hope they come back soon... Ah, and glad you made it back ok, Margaret. :)

By the way, Frifot is touring in the USA next spring...

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 20 Dec 00 - 06:57 AM

Just though I'd mention that Frifot will be touring the US in January, starting in Philadelphia on the 6th. More info at NorthSide. Ah, but if Margaret reads this, just noticed this bummer: the NY show isn't open to the public. Bah.

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Margaret V
Date: 20 Dec 00 - 07:55 AM

That IS a bummer. Maybe I'll have to go visit my friends in Philadelphia that weekend.... thanks for the heads-up, Lepus. Margaret

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: JedMarum
Date: 20 Dec 00 - 08:20 AM

Lepus Rex - I missed your question re: Risto Jarvenpaa. Risto did a children show. He played Finnish folk music. The kids really responded - sining and dancing along with him. The piper played penny whistle and Uilleann Pipes. It was a great show.

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 11:05 AM

Well, I went to the Frifot show on Friday, and they were great, of course. Good seats and all that, too. While there, I bought a ticket to next month's Gjallarhorn show. I hear (on this thread and elsewhere) that they're also good. Anyone else heard them?

And Jed, that does sound like a great show. :)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 03:24 PM

Hmm, might be a good thing to direct you here, where Peg started a continuation of this thread. And then no-one will check this thread for another month, I suppose. ;)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Deckman
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 04:13 PM

Does anyone out there know the song "Joukse Sina Humma"?

It's a song from my youth. I only remember the first verse and chorus. I'd love to get the rest of the verses Kittos. Bob Nelson, Everettessa, Wa. USA

cho: Hummani Hei, Hummani Hei, Hupututu, Hummani Hei.

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 04:17 PM

Nope, Deckman. But we sort of moved the thread over to Scandinavian Music. This one was too long. So, like, everyone post THERE. ;)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Mostly finnish music
From: Lena
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 10:17 PM

Andy,Andy,you there?!Cause,given that this thread is back on the forum,I might tell you a fresh new story.Just in case you ever miss Oz or your friends from Katyusha. So.Last saturday Nigel(McLaughsomething I can't spell)came over to visit from Canberra.I wanted him to check out the session they have on sat nights in Newtown,so i brought him over and there we started talking to a musician sitting next to us.As Nigel was going on about finnish music,the musician asked him to play some of it(ehm...what about that story of the five-per-cent?!)on the whistle.The conversation went on and the musician finally asked Nigel:so,are you Finnish?!(red hair and freckles,definitely a finnish look).And Nigle,out of the blue,firmly answered:yes!.
Ok,I thought,he's probably having fun making up stories,but then the conversation switched to australian music and the supposed-finnish claimed solid roots in bush music,sort of:"Oh,yes,I had to grow up with it,my first band was called the possums something"(can't remember.)
We went home and I told him plainly:look,next time you tell stories,at least stick to them!Isn't it a little bit broadminded of a finnish guy to be interested in bush music?!And what about your accent?!And where do you come from?!
As a matter of fact,Nigel had no recollection of being asked if he was Finnish.Indeed,he thought he was answering 'yes' to a completely different question.So great,now what were we supposed to do with that fellow who still believed him to be finnish?!We started a story. The story is,that these two finnish parents died on a plane crash (heading to Australia)and Nigel survived(great,Nigel.How comes you survived?!)and after that was brought up from an aussie-aussie family,fed with bush music and irish reels,and because of the trauma he forgot the language.And of course playing finnish stuff with Katyusha is part of his terapy to recover his finnish heritage.
Andy,have you got some suggestions for a better story?!I would have poster this as a private message but you keep on guesting!!!Hope it made you laugh,especially if you can think about the character involved.All the best,anyway.Lena