Singer-songwriter Gudrid Hansdottir will be touring in Finland next week. Her Finnish label Lumpeela julkaisut also released her latest album Beyond the Grey in Finland last month. So this is also a release tour for that beautiful vinyl album.

Gudrid Hansdottir Finland Tour:

Wed 13.03. Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki (kello 18)
Wed 13.03. Oire-klubi, Siltanen, Helsinki
Thu 14.03. Paksu, Helsinki
Fri 15.03. Flavour of the Month, Pikku-Torre, Turku
Sat 16.03. Telakka, Tampere

As you noticed, she will also be playing at Flavour of the Month on friday with Hiljainen mies. So I’m not going to make a separate blog post for Flavour of the Month this time. I will see you there and we can then enjoy amazing songs like this. This is Gudrid Hansdottir and A Faroese Fisherman Speaks of Drowning.

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And this is I Mjorka

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Gudrid Hansdottir at Facebook

It’s again my duty to inform the Finnish folks (and international readers as well) that the coolest music festival of the year starts soon. 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 recorded just for CXCW. There was at least one Finnish entry last year, because Jerry Lindqvist participated. Hopefully CXCW gets more 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 promos, concert footage, old home videos. New unique videos recorded for CXCW. Couch is not a must. CXCW supports creativity. Anywhere but stage is alright. Read more information about it on the CXCW website.

I leave you with my favourite performance of last year’s CXCW festival. This is Glossary and Cheap Wooden Cross. It also features an excellent cameo performance from their cat Whiskey who rightfully won the best in show cat award. A member of the onechord.net household, our cat Luna got the honorable mention in the same category. She is already looking forward to CXCW 2013 and so am I.

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Couch By Couchwest Website
Couch By Couchwest Submissions
Couch By Couchwest at Twitter (good way to follow all the action)