The Finland Tour

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I just came back from a tour in Finland. I'm a piper and traditional singer.

This tour was organized (and very well organized ) by my friend Minna Raskinen.

Minna is a world famous kantele player. She can also send text messages on 2 phones at the same time !





I made it !





welcome to Finland !





Minna's place;





Minna and I have met on a Folkworks tour in England in 1992, with Dave Swarbrick, Maddy Prior and many other great musicians from the Folk scene... I guess I can say we are old friends...





A typical view in Finland.





Minna's place again;









The sauna cabin...





Another kind of cabin...



Stay tuned : More to come !

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The result of Minna's hard work in the media was huge press articles and a fantastic tour in South East Finland (Carelia).













After the Cultural Art Center, the Pub!









The next morning...





Here is a very interesting place with great acoustics.





Minna gives it a try;





So did I...





Doing my thing...



Many more to come...

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Small concert and instrument presentation for a school class. Here is the French pipes called “Musette du Centre”,





And the the Grande Bourbonnaise...





Songs and percussions...













A visit to old Finnish farm houses.

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Off to the Country Fair !







































Many more to come...

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More to come...

[artificer]

Great shot Robert!

I'm always amazed by the beauty of the landscape and architecture in far Northern Europe.

It looks like a wonderful tour.

and PLEASE tell me you bought a knife from the vendor in the second to last group of pictures?!? My father has an old German North Seas fisherman's (if I remember correctly) knife of very similar design to those, that I believe was my Great-Great Grandfather's. They are wonderful knives, and can be sharpened up to a very wicked edge.

I'm also in love with the wooden goblets from the last group of pix!

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Nope ! next time perhaps !


I also fell on this...





But also this :









And this nice warmed up in the oven cheese with mild mustard...

























And off for some more concerts; this time in a bigger school.





More to come.

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Young adults (college);





































...and this is the novelty I found when I came back home.




I hope you enjoyed the tour.


Best,

Robert

[CMcG]

Awesome pictures Robert. I've never seen those particular bagpipes before. Is there somewhere online where we can hear you playing them?

[Riverkilt]

Great Pics thanks...lovely ladies there. Liked the guy with the sporran around his neck - a practical idea!