FMQ 2019

"Improvisations and more dynamic pieces build up into a disc that is heartache-inducing and challenging"

This band is in a class of its own: an ensemble of four harmonicas that creates its own material, drawing on Finnish folk music, Balkan rhythms and tango. Founded in 2003, Sväng put their inimitable stamp on everything they perform, demonstrating that Chopin and Sibelius too had a folk music streak in them!

"​Though they have only been around for three years, the quartet Suistamon Sähkö have grown into quite a phenomenon."

"Spells, cattle calls, mocking sermons and herdsmen’s tunes from early 20th-century Finland are used inventively and attractively in the band’s arrangements and compositions"

"Anna Murtola is the first among Finnish flamenco singers to bravely go ahead and release her own record."

"Sans have captured a rare beauty in delving into the diverse musical backgrounds and skills of the band members"