World music

Quartet Ajaton has released their third album Fin 23.1.2026. The group's innovative musicians now delve into the core emotions of Finnish tradition: tangos, Sibelius and folk melodies breathe new...

In the early 1980s, the group of musicians in Kaustinen was still very male-dominated. Frustrated by this, violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala asked her friends to join the first female musician group in...

Aynur is the most famous Kurdish singer of our time and represents modern Kurdish folk music. Unlike very few artists, she reaches people of all ages with her music and connects the younger generation...

Buena Vista Social Club is both the name of this unique group of musicians and the album itself. It was recorded in just seven days in 1996 at the vintage EGREM studios in Havana, which date back to...

Richard Clayderman's Essential Love Songs, released on March 2, 2020. This version of the Essential Love Songs album comes as a 2xCD digipak with six discs.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen, released 8 December 2016, includes the following tracks: "On The Level", "If I Didn't Have Your Love", "It Seemed The Better...

On this unique recording, geomungo virtuoso Lee Jae-hwa performs the Geomungo Hoesang and Geomungo Sanjo suites in the styles of the South and North Korean peninsulas: with different forms...

The acclaimed third album Liberdade by Portuguese singer Sara Correia, the fastest rising star in fado music, is a triumph. Sara arrives in 2023 as a phenomenon: she has traveled around the world and...

Led by Aino Peltomaa, Ensemble Gamut! has quickly become one of Finland's most interesting bands that move seamlessly between genres. The band has created its unique sound by combining elements of...

Led by Aino Peltomaa, Ensemble Gamut! has quickly become one of Finland's most interesting bands that move seamlessly between genres. The band has created its unique sound by combining elements of...

Juliette Greco's A La Philharmonie De Berlin, released on November 24, 2023, includes the following tracks: "Madame," "Je Hais Les Dimanches," "Sous Le Ciel De...

InTime Quintet Markku Lindeman, accordion Henrik Perelló, violin Jari Salmela, piano Jorma Salmela, guitar Hannu Siiskonen, bass Marcelo Nisinman, bandoneon Tampere Philharmonic Jaana Haanterä...

Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso, yoiku Jukka Eskola, trumpet and flugelhorn Jaakko Jauhiainen, conductor Oulu All Stars Big Band A delightful symbiosis of world music and jazz. The album has been produced by...

The Essential Notes Collection album discovers a musical landscape where guitele is accompanied with string quartet and live electronics. Compositions flow in the borderline of modern classical and...

Kriya Sarathi Chatterjee, vocals Peter Lerche, guitar Pauliina Lerche, accordion, kantele, vocals, e-violin Lauri Porra, bass Gulfam Sabri, tabla Mikko Kaakkuriniemi, drums Lerche, Peter (b.1954): 1....

Paco De Lucia & Pepe De Lucia's Pepito y Paquito, released on May 31, 2024, includes the following tracks: "Romance De Juan Osuna - Seguiriyas Tientos," "Se Comerá Mi Dolor -...

Awake Percussion, Luoto luonnos, Saxtronauts and Signe join forces on an album featuring strings, wind instruments, human voices and percussion performed by a 16-piece ensemble. The work continues...

Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most commercially successful album. This LP includes previously unreleased demos from the iconic album, such as "Help Me" and "Raised On...

Award-winning Finnish accordionist, composer, and adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen is releasing his new album Sensitive Skin on Ondine's Octopus label. The album is being released on Ondine's Octopus...

Lauri Porra is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator. In addition to his long-standing collaboration with Moomin Characters Ltd, his musical career is remarkably diverse. As the...

Lauri Porra is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator. In addition to his long-standing collaboration with Moomin Characters Ltd, his musical career is remarkably diverse. As the...