The five women who comprised Niekku were all former students of the country'sonly music "high school" and are now performers and teachers.They sing warm, gentle harmonies, play accordions, kantele (the lap harp),mandolins, bass and fiddle.
The music they make on Niekku 3 (Olarin Music, Finland) is deceptive, in that the tones of all theinstruments and voices are usually light and sweet, but at times the groupings of the harps and voicesgets down-right furious, and once or twice it even gets a little skewed and bizarre.
One tune weaves its way through music box-like melodies on the kantele, with the accordions eventuallyoverwhelming them in discordant madness, and then drifts slowly back to the ground. It is this splendiduse of old instruments and new ideas that typifies Niekku's approach to their music.
Maria Kalaniemi (accordion, voice)
Anna-Kaisa Liedes (kanteles, voice)
Liisa Matveinen (kanteles, voice)
Anu Itäpelto (kanteles, voice)
Leena Joutsenlahti (winds, voice)
Me temo que la categoría está equivocada...
ResponderEliminargracias por la observación Anónimo, efectivamente estaba equivocada. Ponía Irlanda en vez de Finlandia.
ResponderEliminarun saludo.