Category: kantele

Ulla & Gerry

For your entertainment on a cold, cold Sunday (well, it is here), pal Gerry Henkel sends me the following video (that’s one of his beautiful kanteles below): A poetic collaboration by a Finnish poet, a Finnish expatriate performer, a Canadian Finnish videographer, and an American Finnish kantele player Ulla Suokko, an expatriate Finnish citizen living…

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Kantele Power

After looking at Gerry’s video, I was curious to see what new kantele-themed clips might have been added lately and found this great video of some Finnish school kids playing Lordi’s “Hard Rock Hallelujah” on kanteles. Wonderful! You can see the original Eurovision winning songsters’ video here or (live at the contest here).