A Musical Tour of the World: All Countries A-Z One Per Day

Thanks for the music, everybody.

Today we're in eSwatini, also called Swaziland. Eswatini is an absolute monarchy.

I'm going to start off with something very modern, which I like a lot. Vuka Africa by S-Tone featuring Simmy. I've not been able to find out much about South African Simmy. I have artists in my notes called S-Tone for both eSwatini and Italy - and they are different acts. A bit confusing.



Here's another Covid-19 song. I think it was actually the first one I found when making notes but it's position in the alphabet slowed its posting. Asibemunye by Eswatini Artists Ensemble. Very melodic. I didn't use the list of artists on this song to short-cut my search for Eswatini music, but in hindsight I probably should have.

While Covid-19 has the headlines around the world, there are other diseases that are causing misery around the world. I wanted to balance this covid-19 song with an anti-AIDS and/or malaria song, but despite searching I didn't find one for eSwatini.

Here's Atilime Tiyetjeni by Symphony featuring Bholoja. It's hard to google a band (or duo) called 'Symphony'. Usually if I get band names that are common words I can search on 'Symphony singer' or 'Symphony music', but it doesn't work well with 'Symphony'. I eventually found a biography here: Symphony And, here's Bholoja's home page which has a biography.

Finally, I'm going to end up with something that is primarily dance. And, by a genuine princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini. Princess Sikhanyiso is also a politician and the current Minister of Information and Communication Technology in Eswatini. I'll issue another perhaps paranoid NSFW warning that she is dressed as is appropriate for the culture, not in a censored way to avoid scaring the tourists. This is the Umhlanga Reed Dance. There's 19 minutes of it, but it doesn't vary that much once she really starts dancing. There is music, but mainly crowd noises, in the background. Princess Sikhanyiso is also a singer and rapper. Here is an interview with Princess Sikhanyiso where she explains the cultural background of the reed dance.

Tomorrow we're in Ethiopia.

 

Thanks as always to H&R for the well-researched collection; there is another Eswanti Covid-19 song I found by the Eswanti Artists Collaboration, but musically I prefer the one posted above.

A video titled 'Hamba Kahle' ("go well"?) was amongst the first from the country that I found; I see that the women are brandishing knives for cutting reed, but apart from that I have absolutely no idea of what it is all about ...


I liked this 2008 ad for a product which it is to be hoped made the appropriate contribution to its advertised aim of helping rural women to fight poverty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kvvolyCEOc

and from the annual Bushfire Festival here's the all woman band SheKings Emakhosikati (filmed from the audience)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_rFl_tgbc
it appears that some members may be from South Africa and/or Mozambique, but I was unable to discover who is from where
The SheKings Emakhosikati - MTN Bushfire Festival 2020 : MTN Bushfire Festival 2020

 

Now for some Eswanti country music - an admiring YT comment reads "y'all are doing better than anything coming out of Nashville"

'Home' - Gazi "Dusty" Simelane (Of Dusty & Stones) (2010)

Dusty & Stones - Wikipedia

A more recent example -

'It's my Money' - Cleopatra Methula ("The Queen of Country Music in Africa")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnojF_Zyak
Cleopatra Methula - UWC Africa Week

 

Thanks John. That really is a wide-ranging selection there. Much more wide-ranging than my post. I never thought of searching for country & western music when

Inspired by your post, I tried searching for Swazi music in different, unexpected, genres. But, I didn't find any.

Gospel music is far less unexpected. I see that the Swazi Gospel Music Awards are back on this year after (I presume) a gap.

Here's Gospel singer Nothando Hlophe with Uyangilwela.



If my eyes do not deceive me, the camera very briefly shows Princess Sikhanyiso in the audience right at the very beginning.

I found that poster for a music festival from 2016 in eSwatini which was said to be mainly jazz, but the artists all seemed to be fairly generic (and/or South African.) The most distinctive song I found was Mahlale by Flowewe. Not that jazzy.

And, I know I've already done a post above and shouldn't spam too many songs, but Bholoja who featured on an album above was described as a jazz musician. I found his songs - like others - not sounding very jazz to me. But, this song Sala Kutjelwa sounds lovely in my opinion. The YouTube video title says Jazz Music, but the description says (more accurately in my opinion) "easy listening African style."

I searched for Swazi Secrets, but it sadly appears that their website www.swazisecrets.com does not exist any more and their blog hasn't had any posts since about 2012.

 

A nice track by Floewe; I don't think jazz festivals can afford to be very doctrinaire concerning which acts it is appropriate for them to book these days.

 

I haven't been searching all day, I promise Just had another crack at finding some Swazi jazz, and this seems to fit the bill. I was searching through the artist list of another music festival. John Phillip is listed - and he runs a Music School in Mbabane but also performs jazz live. But, I couldn't find anything on YouTube.

This is one of the graduates, it appears, of the music school Ildo Nandja. This is The Ildo Nandja Trio with One For Zoe. And, it sounds like honest to goodness jazz to my possibly untrained ears.

 

From 1992 to 1994, when I was living in Mozambique, I would visit eSwatini (still called Swaziland) on weekends every other months for some R&R. There were some really lovely private guesthouses and great restaurants in Mbabane. Good place to have a rest in those days, as Mozambique had just ended a 30 year long civil war and South Africa was engulfed in violence in the years running up to the 1994 elections that ended Apartheid. Swaziland was a haven of tranquility.
Looking for something interesting in terms of music, I came across a man called Smiles Mandla Makama, a multi-instrumentalist and inventor of the "smilophone" or "smilerphone", which he describes as a Swazi synthesizer and is based on the putting together seven traditional "makoyane". Quite a character it seems. He's being referred to as a legend and as the "father" of the Swazi music scene. Here is Smiles with a live performance with his band Calabash:

Here is an interview on YouTube with him about the "smilophone": https://youtu.be/q8IZZjaBVZo
And here is a fascinating article about him and his life in South Africa's Mail & Guardian: The deep African science of Smiles Makama
In the article there are a lot of mentions of other Swazi musicians, so feel free to explore further.

 

The Smilophone is fascinating. We've seen various forms of the musical bow before, and this is it on steroids! Very nice sound too.

@Jamsterdammer - it's fascinating to hear of the places where you have lived and visited. I hope we hear many more details. You mentioned a country starting with G, so we'll hear about that one soon-ish. And of course there's Venezuela too!

I read the article, and checked out a number of the artists. The article mentions slam poet Qibho. I thought he sounded interesting, and found that he had recorded a number one song with a singer called Sands: 'Ntfombatana Lenhle'. When I listened to it, I found it surprisingly light, modern, pop. But, the production including the vocals have a natural sound, so I'll post it:

 

Not suprising 'Ntfombatana Lenhle' hit no. 1. A nice, smooth, laid back pop song. I don't remember first hand any Swazi music. I'm much more familiar with South African music, especially from the early nineties. But that's still a long way off. I don't want to bore people with stories about the 100+ countries I've visited so far, so I reserve my comments for places where I've had some connection with the local music. And I didn't necessarily explore the local music in every country where I lived, but I do like to post tunes I remember from my time in a certain country or older ones which are part of my collection. Tomorrow you may hear some, unless you and John post them first.

 

@Jamsterdammer - just speaking for myself, but I assure you I am far from bored listening to the places you've been to! As far as I'm concerned, please don't hold back. I don't intend to when I get to the few countries I've lived in and some others that I've visited

 

Thanks for the music everybody.

Today I've had systems failure. While I have been writing these posts ahead of time, I found that I had missed out Ethiopia. And, my notes (that I do have) are sometimes better than other times, and my Ethiopian notes ... need work.

But, today we're in Ethiopia.

First up, it's Enkèn yèlélèbesh by Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé. Bèyènè was active in the Ethiopian music scene during 1969 to 1978, described on Wikipedia as the golden era of Ethiopian vinyl records. He only recorded a few songs with himself as vocalist, but arranged a large number of tracks, presumably for other artists. He left Ethiopia doing the Derg dictatorship and stopped making music until he made an album with Akalé Wubé in 2017. Akalé Wubé are a Parisian band dedicated to playing Ethiopian music. So, this is quite international and Bèyènè hasn't lived in Ethiopia for a long time, but my gut says this works for Ethiopia. Most of this description is cribbed straight from his rather short Wikipedia page.



From the album ' Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits' released in 1972, here is Tesfa-Maryam Kidane with Yetesfa Tezeta. Saxophonist Kidane has released more sophisticated music than this, and recently has released music that sounds a bit like it could be by Kenny G. But, I like the simple straightforward perhaps slightly Booker T & the MGs style of this track. While this isn't very jazzy, Kidane is associated with the Ethio Jazz movement.

I'm going to do a twofer here of artists with long careers who have been influential for younger musicians. First, Aster Aweke with Chewe. Aweke has been active for more than 30 years. Born in 1959, Chewe was active in the music scene as a teenager, but left Ethiopia during the Derg dictatorship and eventually settled in Washington. She remains very popular in Ethiopia and performed in front of a crowd. And, again featuring the krar and organ, here is Asnakech Worku with Jinyew. Worku was known as Ethiopia's first actress, but she is mainly known for her music, where she would accompany herself on the krar and display her quick wit and improvisational skills.

Wikipedia: Aster Aweke - Wikipedia
Wikipedia: Asnaketch Worku - Wikipedia

Finally, when I saw there was an album called 'Ethiopia Super Krar' by 'The Krar Collective', I knew I had to include something. They are a London band but specialise in re-working traditional Ethiopian music. Here they are with Guragigna. That's the studio version on Spotify. There is a live version here: Guragigna, but the sound quality on their live recordings is not perfect though seeing them live is entertaining.

Here is the entry from instruments of the world on the krar: Krar - Instruments of the world

Sometimes I feel that in these first posts I've nabbed all the most famous and representative artists for myself. I definitely haven't done so today, and may post more during the day depending on what others post.

Tomorrow we're in Fiji. After three F countries, we'll then have our next rest/catch-up day.

 

Thanks as always for this morning's most enjoyable selection; the first two were pleasing to the ears of a James Brown fan, and I also very much liked the Guragigna video (I don't Spotify).

From my usual YouTube safari I enjoyed the Afro-pop of Rahel Getu; here singing live last year with a band on TV, 'Alquaguam'


'Yagere Sew' - her latest video, posted to YT this May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnsMOqx3b1U

Rahel Getu - Wikitia

Sadly I was unable to find any country music today, but I thought in view of the connection that Rastafarians have to Ethiopia, especially following the visit of Haile Selassie to Jamaica in 1966, there may be some reggae from the country; I found this track by DJ Kam, Ras Jany, & Jerusalem JJ from last year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-g_QBrjBdM

https://www.awtarmusic.com/artists/detail/?id=8e240e2ee4460d67653a52cf3508b917

I became aware of Selam Seyoum (Woldemariam) (aka "Selamino") the other day when we were focused on Eritrea, noting that Wikipedia suggested he had been called "The Jimi Hendrix of Ethiopia" although the only similarity appears to be playing an electric guitar; maybe Ernest Ranglin of Jamaica would be a closer comparison. This fairly recent clip has him playing with the Roha Band and the bass player Giovanni Rico (Bonsignori) (possibly not an Ethiopian name)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR-Am3ABH8M

Selam Woldemariam - Wikipedia

 

Can't get much more up to date than these two videos,posted to YT only this week -

this features two youngsters who appear to be called Fikir Tefera and Afomia Tenodros; it relates to the topic we keep returning to



This is by Zebiba Girma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGSUy46Sqlo

 

Thanks @john hp . I particularly enjoyed the reggae track with DJ Kam, Ras Jany, & Jerusalem JJ. Both this track and the Selam Seyoum track autoplayed very nice music compatible in style with the tracks you posted after your track had finished. Sometimes autoplay does its job very well.

In response to your post containing more recent tracks, here's a contemporary expatriate Ethiopian artist whose music I enjoy. I found out about her after I already posted, and considered an edit but couldn't choose an artist already there to drop. This is Guramayle by Gigi AKA Ejigayehu Shibabaw. She lives in the USA, and is married to Bill Laswell(!) Gigi (singer) - Wikipedia



I already thought Bill Laswell was one of the coolest people on earth, and finding out that he's married to a talented Ethiopian singer has raised him up even further in my estimation of his coolness.



I'm still wondering if a certain artist will turn up much later in the day

 

Great selections and finds, as always. Now, who would that certain artist be? Personally for me, it would be Mahmoud Ahmed, who was very popular in the 70s in Ethiopia before having to leave and becoming a star among the diaspora and the "world music" crowd in Europe and the US. My favorite song of him is "Erè Mèla Mèla" (I am looking for a solution):


Aster Aweke was already mentioned above, but I found a beautiful live performance on YT of my favorite song of hers, which is "Y'shebellu". The YT video only says "playing her song with piano on stage", but I know it is this particular song, which I've enjoyed many times: https://youtu.be/vJKMlJOT3g8

But what really makes my heart beat faster are the Ethiopian brass bands from the golden 70s. These brass bands are a tradition that apparently goes back to 1924 when according to Wikepedia a band of 40 Armenian orphans arrived in Ethiopia from Jerusalem and became the first official orchestra of Ethiopia. Here are three of my favorites:
Hailu Mergia and the Wallias Band with "Muziqawi Silt", which has a great groove: https://youtu.be/DnGgtfgHfC4
Alemayehu Eshete and Shebelle's Band with "Tashamanaletch": https://youtu.be/mhERT09ACFs
Hirut Bekele and Police Orchestra with "Ewnetegwa Feqer": https://youtu.be/QU0jv8UqjTg

I visited Ethiopia two times. The first time was in 1996. I was living in Angola and was invited by an American colleague and his Ethiopian fiance to their wedding in Addis Ababa. I combined that with some traveling and made a first trip by regular bus to Harer and Dire Dawa in the Ogaden in the eastern part of the country. Halfway between Addis and Harer we stopped for lunch and after lunch all passengers came back with big bundles of qat (which is a bitter leave that is a mild stimulant and is chewed all over the Horn of Africa and in particular Yemen). Of course I was given a portion as well and indeed it wakes you up. The bus driver has put on music from a certain region, but part of the passengers didn't like that music and wanted something from their region (I suppose). The driver changed the music and another group started complaining loudly (probably those that enjoyed the first music). Because of the qat, everybody got very excited and the bus driver was getting worried. So he turned to me (I was sitting in front next to the driver) and asked me "do you have music?". I said "yes". Then he said "we want to hear your music". So I gave him one of my cassettes with a mix of western pop tunes (don't remember what it was). The driver put it on, and the passengers started calming down and continuing normal conversations. Everybody was happy again. So that was my little peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia on the way from Addis to Harer. Unfortunately, a few days later, back in Addis, I ended up in hospital with a bad back injury and had to be medically evacuated to Europe. I never made it to the wedding of my friend, which I had been very much looking forward to as you can imagine.

 

Thanks @Jamsterdammer - particularly for the personal reflections. That's the kind of thing that happens when you go travelling Sorry to hear about your back injury and missing the wedding.

The artist I felt I really should have covered in my first post is Mulatu Astatke, often said to be the 'father of Ethic-Jazz'. The article in my first post about Ethic-Jazz is basically all about him, and I thought I should change one track from my first post add one of his songs. But, then I thought I'd wait and see. It's always great when you and John go in a different direction from what I expect, and always better. But every time I read about Ethiopian music Astatke would be mentioned, and that's why I thought he'd probably turn up.

Astatke has been playing with bands in foreign countries In Australia, the Black Jesus Experience who specialise in Ethio-Jazz. And in the UK, with Heliocentrics, who are a more general jazz band with multiple influences. I'll include one Astatke track here, the one that I think showcases him best though the sound is not the best. 'Yekermo Sew' by Mulatu Astatke and The Black Jesus Experience, in a private show.

 

Thanks for the music, everybody.

Today we're in Fiji. This pacific island country has been settled by Austronesians, then Melanisians, and there has been some Polynesian influence. That's before more modern times where there were influxes of peoples from different places, including people from the Indian subcontinent who form a sizeable proportion of the population now.

With those varied influences, I found the music less varied than I expected, with many songs being very melodic island songs set to a vaguely reggae-ish backing track.

I'll start with this song with a child singer, and a video which has made extensive use of green screen.



The singer and song are not clearly identified in the clip, but a comment says that the singer has now grown up and is a member of the band Seni Dawa Ni Delai Dokidoki with his brother and father, and I'm guessing that it is Kitione Vunisasari Jr who is singing here. His father is a prolific songwriter and composer who has been involved in many hits. This is described in this Fiji Times news article.

For the Cook Islands (C catch-up) we had a nice song performed by some tour guides. I wanted to find something similar for Fiji, and I think this song Solegi Au Voli (Fijian love song) by Dromu Ni Siga Kei Viwa is somewhere in the ballpark. Speaking as someone who was born and grew up in Polynesia, this does sound quite Polynesian to me. I think that in terms of music at least, the aforementioned - from Wikipedia - Polynesian influence has been quite large. (Or, did it go the other way?)

This song is Sere Vucu. The credits are not clear, but the song is said to be composed by Timoci Nabulivou and the music is arranged by Manu Railoa, who appears to have won an award as an outstanding guitarist. The music and depicted culture in the song does not sound so obviously Polynesian to me. The song is said to tell the story of how people arrived in Fiji.

One very short clip here of Fijian soldiers singing, in 1946.

I'll end up with a song by singer-songwriter Elena, with her song inviting people to Fiji (at least the English lyrics) Viti.

Tomorrow we're heading to the much colder climes of Finland.

 

Many thanks to H&R and Jamsterdammer for yesterday's Ethiopian posts (and the account of the bus ride that could become a short story); and for this morning's selection from Fiji; left the best until last again today for me with the track by Elena. Here in another clip I have found she is probably (like Jona Lewie) in the kitchen at a party; one celebrating Fiji Day (10th October) in 2017. Apparently, the song 'Bau nanumi au eke' was written and originally performed by Nautoslo.



Elena Baravilala - Wikipedia
Fiji Day in Fiji in 2020 | Office Holidays

 

I love this clip of Rosi Sagaitu, with her facial expressions possibly indicating that she may not have been entirely sure about the vocal harmony singing by her backing musicians Joe Saukuru and Bose Leborio (she also had the sound of an unhappy child to contend with). From a resort and spa on Mana Island.



Six year's later, posted to YT at the end of last month, is the video for the debut single by Rosie who I wouldn't recognise as the same person but has the same name.
Rosie - Just You (official music video)

I also liked this video by the Musket Cove String Band; ideally should be watched whilst lounging in a hammock

Nanuma Lesu - The Musket Cove String Band

Musket Cove String Band

And finally from me (although it should perhaps have been first), the Fiji welcome song performed by the "team" at the (now temporarily closed) Oarsman's Bay Lodge in the Yasawa Islands. I wonder if everyone was always completely happy to have this duty included in their job description.

Bula Maleya: Fiji Welcome Song

Welcome to Oarsman's Bay Lodge - Oarsman's Bay Lodge

 

Thanks John. I agree that the Fiji Welcome Song by Bula Maleya is the best though the acoustic track by Elena Baravilala runs it a close second.

Usually I try to follow your songs and links and post something linked to them. I've found lots of music related to the above, but I'm not sure I've found exactly the right thing. Elena Baravilala has competed in various song contests, as have a number of other Fijian artists. But, while some of them were interesting, they just didn't seem very Fijian to me - many of them being Eurovision style songs.

I was very surprised to see New Zealand singer Brooke Fraser frequently representing Fiji. Upon going straight to Wikipedia, I find that her father is Fijian. I never knew. However, she still seems "New Zealand" to me, so I won't post one of her songs representing Fiji here. I believe this is the psychological fault of 'anchoring' - refusing to update established beliefs even in the face of evidence.

So, I'll post yet another song by Elena Baravilala (who sometimes seems to credit herself as Elena Baravilala). This isn't perhaps very Fijian either, but I think it's a very well produced song and Elena sings it exceptionally well. This is a collaboration with Fijian producer and remixer DJ Ritenda, and it allows me to cover the Asian Indian culture in Fiji as well - The Music Of Fiji Wikipedia page covers this but I couldn't find songs by the artists they mention. So, this is Home by Elena Baravilala and DJ Ritenda. I think the video is good too.



The only case I found of Fiji winning one of the song contests is by Paulini with the song 'By My Side', but she moved to Australia when she was four, and with the production being pure Eurovision style, it just doesn't feel Fijian to me (with apologies to Paulini and Brooke Fraser).

So, out of nowhere, here is an older Fijian song written about two soldiers who lost their lives in World War I, Kaacabote Na Vula Ko Julai by Sere Makawa.

 

Thanks for sharing all the Fijian music and videos. I must say that I'm somewhat underwhelmed by what I heard. None of the songs sound particularly distinctive or original to me. "Entirely unoffensive" is the phrase that comes to mind. I've never been to Oceania, so I have no first hand knowledge of any of the countries in the region. Regarding Fiji, I did interact during one of my jobs with the military and I had a Fijian driver and bodyguard for a while. He was a great guy with an excellent sense of humour. But that is as far as my exposure to Fiji has gone.

My favorite is very last song about the two WW1 soldiers, mainly because of the back story and images. I also found several videos on YouTube of home recordings of a group of men making music under the name Nautusolo. Here is one that sounded OK to me, called "Tagi a Manumanu", which apparently means "Weeping Bird":


And I'm sure you came across the same video, but I found it quite interesting and pretty cool, plus you get a good impression of what a Fijian town and its people look like. It's an impromptu recording of a Fiji Police Marching Band in the streets of Savusavu on Vanua Levu: Fijian Police Dance in the Streets .

And just to stay with the theme of people in uniform, this is an apparently very well received performance of the Fiji Military Forces Band at the Edinburgh Tattoo of 1998. As my father was in the military, I am quite familiar with military marching bands and tattoos from my youth, but I can tell you that this is way, way better and more entertaining than what the Dutch army will ever come up with. Fiji Military Forces Band

 

Thanks @Jamsterdammer I know what you mean. I did find a lot of the music from Fiji a bit samey. Nothing obviously wrong with it, but not much that stands out. I preferred the more acoustic songs from the previous posts. I do like Polynesian style music, and heard a lot of it growing up. But, think the Cook Island songs from before were better, I think.

I did do another search using many of the tricks I've developed to find music. But, it's hard. I found this song said to be from the golden era of Fiji music. It sounds good to me, and I don't think it's boring. YMMV Rui Totoka by Lela Seruvakula.



And, I notice there's an album cover there as an image. That means: more where that came from. EDIT: Other bands from the same album aren't so distinctive.

 

Yeah! This sounds better. Funky and jazzy. But don't hold your breath about other songs on that album. I just found this one by an artist called Jimmy Subbaydas with a song called Tania. Zzzzzzzzz. Tania - Jimmy Subhaydas
EDIT: I see you noticed it before I posted my post LOL!

 

Thanks for the music, everybody.

Today we're in Finland. Like a number of countries, I've found loads of music I like and have to choice.

Even if it's predictable, I'm going to start with Lordi. I won't be as obvious as posting their Eurovision winning Hard Rock Hallelujah , so here is The Riff.



Going from one extreme to another, here is an ancient Finnish lullaby, Nuku Nuku Nurmilint by folk musician Merja Soria. She's playing a kantele, described as a 'Finnish folk harp'.

Here's an interesting song which starts out as moderately heavy sounding verse before breaking into a more dream pop chorus. Onion Soup by 22-Pistepirkko. One of the comments says that the tramway driver comes directly from a Aki Kaurismäki film, mentioning her uniform.

To end with four links (not due to a shortage of options in my notes I promise you)) I'm going to go further left field. This is, I think I can safely claim, a considerably 'out there' track: Ginam by Jori Sjöroos.

Oh, and I'm cheating a bit. When we do the catch-up for S, I'm going to cover Samiland.

Perhaps this post is not varied enough, and there's too much sung in English. We can address this imbalance throughout the day.

Tomorrow we're in France, and then we have a catch-up day for C-F inclusive.

 

Thanks as always, I particularly enjoyed the lullaby, although I may have been tempted to say that Lordi would ideally have been flushed down the toilet seen at the beginning of their video.

A mention of Aki Kaurismaki can only provide me with an excuse to post a couple of clips from his films -


Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat - 'Thunder and Lightning' from "Dogs have no hell"; Kaurismaki's contribution to a 2002 anthology film "Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet" which has characters from his full-length "The man without a past" from the same year
Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat

Dumari ja Spuget: SKULAA TAI DELAA (TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN)
(The Judge & the Winos) from "The other side of Hope" (2017)
Dumari & Spuget - Wikipedia

From my daily YouTube meander I liked this clip of the 'Ievan Polokka' by LuoMuKanteleet (I think I have managed to spell their name correctly)
Finnish folk tune LUOMUKANTELEET (Helsinki, Finland)
LuoMuKanteleet

Kardemimmit remind me a little of the Unthanks who I posted a song by last weekend when England was the topic. There are a number of the clips of them but I prefer the first one I watched which certainly does not outstay its welcome at 1:26 and has some bears
Finland's Nature in Autumn & Finnish Folk Song "Röntyskät" (Kardemimmit)
http://www.kardemimmit.fi/

And finally some completely different "Finnish folk music" which appears to have been played in a post-apocalyptic landscape
Finnish Folk Music