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Written in fRoots issue 313, 2009


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25
Westpark 87171 (2009)

22 of the most notable tracks from the popular Rääkkylä-born band’s 25 years, from initial teenage exuberance to much more skill-evolved but still energetic treatments of songs now usually new-written but always in the distinctive runo-song tradition of eastern Finland, which no other band has championed so determinedly and successfully. Kudos. www.westparkmusic.de


© 2009 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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