Rieväkylän poijat
& Tuula
The music
group Rieväkylän poijat with vocal & washboard soloist
Tuula comes from the city of Tampere in
Finland.
The repertoire consists of traditional music and folk and pairs dance music, especially from
Tampere region.
The
instruments of the group are typical of the Finnish traditional music: vocal,
fiddle, mandolin, accordion, contrabass
and washboard percussion. In
arrangements emphasis is on folk style sound and expressive possibilities of the instruments.
Tuula
Mäkinen, vocal & washboard
Erkki Mäkinen,
fiddle
Reino Kivimäki,
mandolin
Antti Huusari,
accordion
Veli Koivumäki, contrabass
Name and costumes
The
name of the group refers to one
traditional nickname of Tampere,
that reminds us of
traditional barley bread,
that is still popular in Tampere region.
Specific
costumes are designed to reflect the colours of blue waters and the
historical industrial red brick
buildings of the city.
Records
Rieväkylän poijat, 1995
Pispalan rinteillä, 1998
Myötätuuleen Vastavirtaan, 2008
Contact
erkkimakinen”here
at”kotiposti.net