An Epic Gave Finns a Lot to Sing About
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You may not think you know a thing about the "Kalevala," but if you're acquainted with Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the heavy-metal band Amorphis, or Don Rosa's Donald Duck cartoon books, you've got a ...
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Can singing change history? âThe Singing Revolution,â a documentary by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty about Estoniaâs struggle to end Soviet occupation, shows that it already has.
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The people of eastern Finland are famous for being ill. They have the dubious distinction of having one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world.
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Conquering much of the world was a piece of cake for Alexander the Great. Conquering the North American box office is another thing.
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A Finn with a funny idea -- taking vintage concert footage and dubbing fumbling fretwork over six-string stars' actual solos -- cranks the laugh knob to 11.
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Finland is recovering from its mobile hangover, says Juha Mikkola. Finnish companies were not making globally hungry business plans and product companies were aiming only for subcontracting, but things are ...
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ItÂs not often that the background score of a film makes a lasting impact on music listeners of this country.
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Out of the land of Grieg comes Leif Ove Andsnes. His mission: to compete with ringtones, iTunes, and YouTube for short attention spans.
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Dr. Aatos Erkko, the former chairman and the largest single owner of the SanomaWSOY media group, feels that it is important for Finlands success for Finns to enjoy life in Finland, and that they should have ...
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On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Finland, 44 hopefuls from 17 countries compete for the title of world's best cover crooner. By Brian Raftery from Wired magazine.
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Finns spent a cool 2.7 billion euros on homes in the first half of the year - 12 per cent more than a year ago.
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Yugendran is able to bring out feelings and emotions in his compositions. What is lacking though, is variety, originality and individuality of style.
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From Hawaii to the Philadelphia suburbs, community sings, or singalongs draw together the average-voiced and bring old songs into common memory.
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Finland, a perfectly livable little European country with five million of the hardiest hockey fans this side of Moose Jaw, had an inferiority complex.
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Why the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer could be a strong long-term stock.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: Spain struggles to find new words while Kosovo seeks a song of its own. La Marseillaise shows us how it's really done
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The singers held the spotlight, but if the instrumental works were few, the players had ample opportunity to shine.