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- artist:Karuna
- region:Scandinavia
- release year:2010
- style(s):Scandinavian
- country:Finland
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Kujanpää, Juha
- label:Ääniä Records
- publisher:Ääniä Records
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Karuna is a Finnish folk music trio with three keyboard players and unique sound. The trio combines the sounds of nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), accordion and piano. Most of Karuna's music is composed by the pianist Juha Kujanpää, who combines Nordic folk tradition with influences from baroque music, national romanticism and jazz.
Esko Järvelä and Teija Niku represent the new generation of Finnish professional folk musicians. Their skills are matched by Kujanpää's rhythmic playing and jazz background, resulting in fantastic music with many influences and harmonic twists.
Karuna's first album "Hyvää matkaa" ("Bon Voyage") was released in September 2010 by Ääniä Records.
About the musicians:
Esko Järvelä is a fourth generation folk musician and one of the most-known folk fiddle players in Finland. He is playing in bands such as Frigg, Epic Male Band, Baltic Crossing, Tsuumi Sound System and Tötterssön.
Juha Kujanpää is a versatile composer and a musician interested in the area between European jazz and folk music. Kujanpää is just releasing his own solo album "Tales and Travels". He plays piano and reed organ also in Kirjava lintu, Ville Ojanen Band, Captain Cougar, Kuha. and Saarikorpi Brom.
Teija Niku is an accordion player graduated from the folk music department of Sibelius Academy. Besides Scandinavian folk music, she has also specialized in the music of the Balkan area. She recently released her first solo album "Finsko Pajdusko". You can hear her playing also in bands Grupa Balkan and Polka Chicks.