by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 3, 2022 | Players
Exploring the unknown territories in sound With a little help from a friend…Ruben bought a Mojo Classic from my friend Holger Hanenkamp / Musikhaus Jever some time ago, and to my delight it became fast his number one guitar to go to when touring and in studio. I...
by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 3, 2022 | Players
A MATTER OF HEART AND SOUL Meet Damian CaluziI have followed Damian’s career for some years by now. Markus Setzer introduced him to me years ago, and I was very impressed by Damian’s undisguised enthusiasm. There was something very “real” about him, that I don’t come...
by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 2, 2022 | Players
Honey Pie… or Aurinko? The first encounterI had admired Peter’s music for a long time, and in 1998 I noticed he is gigging in my home town with Vesa-Matti Loiri. I gave him a call, and explained I’d like to show him one of my guitars. It was a Duke, that had...
by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 2, 2022 | Players
Composer, guitarist and Arabic ‘ud player Between culturesBorn in Rovaniemi, a small town on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, fretted/fretless guitarist and ‘ud player Jussi Reijonen is truly a product of the liminal spaces between cultures. Having grown up...
by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 2, 2022 | Players
THE V MODEL… THAT DOESN’T EXIST Not metal enough?There’s no way around it – Finland is the land of metal. Wait, something’s missing… Ah – yes – the word ‘metal’ has to be sang… so the second syllable ends up in a piercing falsetto scream with pulsating...
by Juha Ruokangas | Mar 2, 2022 | Players
Rekindle The Fire GenesisElding is a progressive metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland. Their ensemble draws inspiration from a vast spectrum of influences; along with other bands, these primarily include classical music, film soundtracks as well as video game...
