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FMQ Playlist: Sámi music
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FMQ Playlist: Sámi music

FMQ Playlist: Sámi music

Part of the homeland of the Sámi people is in northern Finland, but the Sámi identity is a global one and is heavily defined by its music. The joik tradition stands apart from mainstream culture, even if expressed in rap or in world music.

Saara-Maria Salonen

June 30, 2022

How music can repair and boost sense of identity in Sámi culture
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How music can repair and boost sense of identity in Sámi culture

How music can repair and boost sense of identity in Sámi culture

The Sámi artists are raising a storm in their local communities. Even though they are not often heard in the mainstream music scene, their importance for the local community is as strong as ever. Generations of Sámi people have had to figure out how to find themselves, how to have that balance between the two cultures – and music is such a helpful tool in this.

Saara-Maria Salonen

June 30, 2022

Rap’s many tongues
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Rap’s many tongues

Rap’s many tongues

Rap music has managed to conquer the world by being simultaneously both extremely local and quite universal. People use it to express themselves in a variety of languages and in places ranging from the Bronx to Gaza and Helsinki to Inari.

Tove Djupsjöbacka

January 8, 1985

Finnish Music Quarterly
c/o Music Finland
Keilasatama 2 A
FI-02150 Espoo
Finland
ISSN 0782-1069
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