"For me, the most important function of music is to convey and catalyse emotions. This is why rich textures and powerful melodies play such a central...

"What makes someone visit the same music festival for 40 years without a break? This is what has happened to me with Tampere Jazz Happening", writes...

"When I compose music and write lyrics, I start from the concept of wanting to communicate true facts and real things to my listeners, and find...

"Joik comes in many guises, and I have been obliged to accept that my joik language is mixed up with all sorts of things. The main...

“From the viewpoint of direct artist funding, art politics since the 1990s recession have failed. The sector’s growth has not been matched by increased public funding.”...

“The coronavirus support measures allocated to the arts and culture sector in Finland have been modest by Nordic comparison and were not based on compensation of...

“Composing is for me largely a matter of random meandering, and writing down the notes is only the tip of the iceberg in my process. My...

​When the pandemic forced concerts to remove themselves from halls and clubs to a virtual space, everyone involved found themselves in a completely new situation: listeners,...