Selma Savolainen

Josefiina Vannesluoma, the fourth member of the vocal group Signe released an excellent solo album, giving flight to poems by Edith Wharton.

Amidst a global pandemic, jazz vocalist and composer Selma Savolainen (b. 1993) found herself gazing into the abyss. The full stop brought about by the surrounding conditions manifested itself as one-sided conversations with Savolainen’s father, who had passed away in 2009. The musical and artistic testimony of her personal road to restorative healing is documented in a beautiful way in the latest work of her new ensemble, the self-titled album Horror Vacui.

Signe and Emmi U Quintet bring a dreamy night of jazz and beyond to Tampere’s stellar new music venue.

In a sun-drenched town only 200 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, jazz connoisseurs mixed with locals to enjoy their 31st festival of music, at the Jazz on the Beach in Raahe, Finland.

"Mostly a cappella, Signe's sound mingles folk, pop, barbershop and choral singing. The result is utterly original, uncategorisable art – unlike anything else you’ll hear this year."