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We got both kinds - Country & Eastern! |
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| Location: | Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala |
| Country: |  Finland |
| Last Login: | Jun 7, 2008 (75 days back) |
About Me |
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| Folkswagen is the world's leading band that sings in the Finnish, Russian and Carelian languages. Well, possibly it is among the very few that do sing in these languages, but that does not diminish the importance of the folk band which started as a duo of two fans of Russian rock music in Joensuu, Eastern Finland, in 2000.
Timo Munne and Suonna Kononen, the two vocalists and founder members of the band, first performed cover versions of Russian rock and underground hits that had not been heard in Finland before. Both are also natural born songwriters who draw their inspiration from the rich musical culture of Carelia on both sides of the Finnish-Russian border. Joonas Ojajärvi (bass, mandolin) has played in the band since 2004 and Jari Lappalainen (drums, percussion, mandolin, bouzouki) since 2005. Folkswagen has a curious relationship with Russia and the border. The band plays songs by, for example, Vladimir Vysotski and the Russian Carelian rock band Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat, but their own songs are the most memorable or them all. With the sympathetic yet clever lyrics, the band does more to question the concept of a border dividing peoples than most official cooperation projects put together. In a unique way the band manages to combine Finnish nostalgia of the Winter War (1939-1940), the life of a factory worker now unemployed in a town formerly known as Leningrad, a gloomy but poetic vision of Murmansk in the same mixture with joyful visits to Russian Carelia, where people are friendly and vodka is cheap. (Text: Saara Koikkalainen) FOLKSWAGEN SUOMEKSI - FOLKSWAGEN IN FINNISH Folkswagen on joensuulainen, vuonna 2000 perustettu yhtye, joka seikkailee itäsuomalaisten, karjalaisten ja venäläisten musiikkikulttuurien Bermudan kolmiossa. Kesäkuussa 2008 yhtye julkaisee neljännen albuminsa, kupletti- ja laulelmahenkisen kokonaisuuden Kyläkaupan rappusilla (Pilfink Records). Levyn kappaleisiin lukeutuvat Harri Marstion kanssa toteutettu englanninkielinen versio Suhmuran Santrasta, Sandra Of St. Mura, ja tämän sivun MySpace-playerissä pyörivä Tshaikovski-cover Ladoznoje Ozero Twist. Käy lueskelemassa lisää yhtyeen omilta Internet-sivuilta osoitteesta www.folkswagen.fi , sieltäpä saat lisätietoa... Folkswagen - Venäjän tiet (video, 2005) |
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Music:Member Since: 5/11/2008Band Website: folkswagen.fi Band Members: Timo Munne: vocals, acoustic guitar Suonna Kononen: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, harmonica, occasional mandolin and keyboards Joonas Ojajärvi: fretted and fretless bass guitars, double bass, mandolin, background vocals Jari Lappalainen: drums, percussion, mandolin, bouzouki, occasional keyboards, background vocals Influences: Russkij rok, Kino, DDT, Akvarium, Zoopark, Nautilus Pompilius, Kalinov Most, Leningrad, Revolver... Russian bards, Vladimir Vysotski, Bulat Okudzhava... American country rockers, Neil Young, Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Russell... Singer-songwriters from here and there, Boris Grebenshikov, Warren Zevon, Billy Bragg, Ismo Alanko, Markojuhani Rautavaara... Folk groups mostly from there, Myllärit, Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat, Va-Ta-Ga, La-Minor, Lost Kolhoces, old Värttinä... All things underground, whole 70's/80's Russian rock phenomenon that is?, the Fugs, Suomen Talvisota 1939-40, M. A. Numminen... Finnish entertainers and songwriters, J. Alfred Tanner, Matti Jurva, Martti Huuhaa Innanen, Juice Leskinen... North-Carelian madness, Esa Pakarinen, Heikki Turunen, Jaakko Teppo, Eläkeläiset... Record Label: Pilfink Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Folk / Country) |
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SOMETHING MORE ABOUT FOLKSWAGEN IN ENGLISH |
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| Folk-rock... Singer-songwriter music... New folk...
Bards of Eastern Finland... Music for the folks...
Country & Eastern... Slavic Americana...
These are a selection of the ways in which th... Posted by Folkswagen on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:58:00 PST |
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