Portland gave such a warm welcome to our online birthday party that we’ll stay here for a little while. Singer-songwriter Clara Baker is a new find for me and I didn’t know her music before the release of her fabulous 2019 Shane Leonard-produced album Things to Burn. Or well the advance singles, because just hearing Doubt and Things to Burn was more than enough to tell me that I’ve found someone new to love. I fully recommend giving that beauty of an album a spin after her appearance on our festival. Here’s Clara Baker with a great version of album cut More Than Enough.

Clara Baker Website
Clara Baker at Facebook
Clara Baker at Bandcamp

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.

We are moving on to Portland, Oregon to meet up with singer-songwriter Jeffrey Martin. His two albums on Fluff & Gravy Records, Dogs in the Daylight (2014) and One Go Around (2017) are full of marvellous songs and captivating storytelling. I highly recommend giving those a listen after his festival performance. This is a really special one too, so sorry for holding onto this treasure for so long. Here’s Jeffrey Martin singing a wonderful new song that doesn’t have a name yet.

Jeffrey Martin at Facebook
Jeffrey Martin Website
Jeffrey Martin at Bandcamp

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.

We are heading into the weekend and start the last three days of the festival. On Day 6, we build the first festival stage in Helsinki, Finland and give you some Finnish country music. Songwriter Antero Kaksikäsi released his debut album Suomenkielistä kantrimusiikkia a little less than year ago. He joins our birthday party together with his collaborator Jussi Suonikko to give some solid life advice and perform a live version of album cut Taidan pysyy tässä.

Antero Kaksikäsi at Facebook
Antero Kaksikäsi Website

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.

Our anniversary festival comes back to Helsinki, Finland to meet up with singer-songwriter Viljami Kukkonen. His festival song is called Minä valvon nimeäsi and it’s an outtake from his 2012 album Mörönsyötti. Regular readers are probably well aware that this particular album is one of my all-time favorite Finnish albums (and you can throw all the other countries in there too). It has its sadness, but it’s also kind, beautiful, warmhearted and it carries me through the longer nights. I’m very honored to share this beautiful song as part of the anniversary week. This is also a perfect closer to our festival day 5. Back tomorrow for day 6 starting 7pm Finland and noon EST. But now let’s sway into the night in the arms of this lovely performance.

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Music video for Säkki
Music video for Jos rakkaus tapahtuu
Music video for Joko lähdetään

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.