Miero
Released: Jan 24, 2006
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Released: Jan 24, 2006
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Back with a new label and a darker sound, Finland's Värttinä have obviously taken a little time to reappraise their music. There was nothing wrong with what they were doing before, but obviously it...
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Iki
Released: Mar 11, 2003
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Released: Mar 11, 2003
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Twenty years after Värttinä began, there's still plenty of energy in the band, although they've come a long, long way. More mature, they've learned to use finesse over speed, and the themes they...
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Live in Helsinki
Released: Mar 12, 2002
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Released: Mar 12, 2002
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Live, Värttinä is quite an experience, at least judging from this disc, recorded in the band's homeland in 2000. The group's studio albums give no indication of the wild live performances of...
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Ilmatar
Released: Feb 13, 2001
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Released: Feb 13, 2001
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Following the demise of Wicklow Records in 2000, it looked for a while as if this album would never see the light of day in the U.S. But Northside stepped in, a very apt home as it is a label that...
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Can We Have Christmas Now?
Released: Sep 15, 1998
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Released: Sep 15, 1998
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Can We Have Christmas Now? lives up to NorthSide's claim that "while the lyrics and style are decidedly Finnish, the universal spirit of Christmas shines through." The album will be a bit of a...
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Vihma
Released: Aug 11, 1998
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Released: Aug 11, 1998
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After Kokko, their trip into the barren land of neo-pop, it seemed as if Värttinä had shot their creative wad. That makes this all the more welcome, since Vihma, if not a return to the way things...
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Kokko
Released: October 1996
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Released: October 1996
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After four previous American releases, the short, sharp and focused Kokko hones the girl group midnight sunners to a laser beam of pop music strengths in the service of ditties largely derived from...
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Aitara
Released: 1994
Label: N\A
Released: 1994
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It must be admitted that Värttinä is not for everyone. The quartet of high-pitched, rapidly singing Finnish women who front the group would be a migraine-sufferer's worst nightmare. But if you like...
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