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Jukka Ässä – Uusi maa

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Jukka Ässä has a new single Uusi maa. Jukka Ässä was formerly known as Tapes and he released two beautiful albums under that moniker. After changing the language to Finnish, he also changed the name. Hopefully it’s soon time for the debut full-lenght as Jukka Ässä, because I’ve certainly been waiting for it for a long while. Based on the few concerts I’ve seen over the last few years, he definitely has enough wonderful new material to make a great record.

Multi-talented Jukka also directed this music video for the new single Uusi maa.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohJSPPaRfU]

Jukka Ässä Website
Jukka Ässä at Facebook

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Couch by Couchwest – Where the beer is cheaper and the only hipster is you

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I thought that it’s my duty to inform the Finnish folks that the coolest music festival of the year starts today. Most likely this will also be the only festival that I will attend this year. The festival is obviously the annual online music festival Couch by Couchwest. The idea is simple. Austin is a long drive (actually a long flight from Finland) and you might have a thing called “life” getting in the way. And even if you have the money and time to show up, it can be inconvenient. Way too many people, traffic and all that nonsense. So why not instead just sit comfortably on your own couch and watch awesome music performances that artists from all over the world have recorder just for CXCW. Maybe CXCW could even get some Finnish entries this year. The rules are simple. Couch By Couchwest accepts all submissions from musicians as long as it is recorded for the Couch by Couchwest festival. So no old home videos. New unique videos recorded for CXCW. Couch is not a must. CXCW supports creativity. Anywhere but stage is alright.

Highlight last year was Neko Case. It will be exciting to see who will submit videos this time around. Based on twitter, the CXCW audience will get to see some fantastic videos from great artists. Looking forward to the festival. Read more about Couch by Couchwest on their website.

Couch by Couchwest Website
Couch by Couchwest at Facebook
Couch By Couchwest at twitter

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Gentleman Jesse – Leaving Atlanta

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Some rock action after all those beautiful folk entries. Last night I got a promo mail that made me excited. There’s a new Gentleman Jesse album coming out in march. I really love the debut. That’s a damn brilliant record. Full of 70s punky power pop and rock’n’roll. It’s a kick ass album. The follow-up Leaving Atlanta will be released by Douchemaster Records and it will hit the stores on 12th of march. Newmerica made this video for the song Rooting For the Underdog.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Npbvt4gei8]

And of course I have to post this classic from the debut as well.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4xTyn1XFg]

Gentleman Jesse at Facebook

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Old Hills, Young Mountain (Kickstarter campaign)

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I have never written about any kickstarter project, even though I think they are a great way to fund albums. Country & folk compilation Old Hills, Young Mountain is a good reason to start writing, because I can fully support this project. The idea is to make a one of kind compilation by bringing folk musicians from all over the states to one studio in Michigan to record live to old reel to reel equipment. Artist list contain two big heroes of mine, Hezekiah Jones and Small Houses (Jeremy Quentin from Small Houses is also a producer in this project). The rest of the artists are new to me, because of my limited knowledge to folk music. However, based on that video on the Kickstarter page, I think I’m gonna check them out even before this beautiful compilation is out and available.

Check out more information about the project on the Old Hills, Young Mountain Kickstarter page.

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