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Written in fRoots issue 329/330, 2010


Piirpauke
Koli
RockAdillo ZENCD 2132 (2010)

Saxist/flautist/keyboardist Sakari Kukko’s long-established Finnish combo has been drawing on African and other world musics since 1974. Over twenty albums later it transforms again in line-up and music, this time fusing its rock, jazz and African approaches with Finnish motifs in developments of Sibelius, Kaustinen pelimanni tunes, Tchaikovsky as well as originals. www.rockadillo.fi



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