OCTA 18th Anniversary – White Jackets

Next our birthday party visits Central Finland and gets to hear a solo live version of the latest White Jackets single Fumes. The two man indie rock band of Jussi Petäjä & Turo Myllykangas from Vaajakoski have one album under their belt and are currently working on their second one. If you want to hear the studio version of this great song, watch this music video that was shot in Edinburgh, Scotland and after that follow the bandcamp link to hear their debut album that came out in 2017.

White Jackets at Facebook
White Jackets 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.

Continue Reading

OCTA 18th Anniversary – Michael Feuerstack

Anniversary festival build its stage in Montreal, Canada and meets up with songwriter Michael Feuerstack. He has been releasing great songs for over two decades. First under the moniker Snailhouse and these days under his own given name. He will play for us a marvellous poetic song Outskirts from his most recent 2018 album Natural Weather. It was one of my personal favorites from last year, so I really recommend hitting that bandcamp link below to hear more beautiful sounds and captivating words from Michael Feuerstack. The music video for Love Is All Around is also a great place to start.

Michael Feuerstack at Facebook
Michael Feuerstack Website
Michael Feuerstack at Bandcamp
Love Is All Aroud (music video)

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.

Continue Reading

OCTA 18th Anniversary – Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki

Next we bring our party gear to Tampere, Finland and take things relatively easy with Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki. This excellent folk rock band released a new album Viisi Vuotta Myöhemmin early in the year and gathered together to play a beautiful acoustic version of album track Olen täällä sinua varten. I’d also like to use this opportunity to thank Tomi Nordlund for all the work he does as the co-owner of one of my favorite Finnish record labels Soit Se Silti. They’ve really given a platform to a lot great artists during the recent years and would deserve a some kind of culture award for their efforts. But that’s kind of another story. Here’s the band Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki and their marvellous contribution to this festival. If you want hear more of them a good place to start is watching this music video for another album song called Yhä Vain.

Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki at Facebook
Soit Se Silti 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.

Continue Reading

OCTA 18th Anniversary – Matt Woods

Matt Woods from Knoxville, Tennessee is currently touring all over Europe with his band and I’m honored that he still found the time and energy to be a part of this birthday celebration. His wonderful new album Natural Disasters came out on the 28th of June and his festival number is an acoustic live in Spain version of the gorgeous opening song Blue-Eyed Wanderer. You can hear/buy the studio version of this song and the whole album on his bandcamp. Joey Kneiser also made a great music video for this, so check that out here after his festival performance.

Matt Woods at Facebook
Matt Woods Website
Matt Woods 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.

Continue Reading