[Harp-L] More on Finland

["Haka Harri" <harri.haka@xxxxxxxx>]

jo-jo wrote:
Do you know either Guudren Shmoulder (37) of Helsinki (she was a  
foreign exchange student with us for a year)
OR Bergitta Soudergren (50) of Lahti (she was a policewoman attached  
to our force for a year. )

As this popped up on the list, let me just say that this was a good piece of fun and we Finns had a good time laughing at your creativity on names. And while on the subject of Finland, I might mention that we have quite an active blues scene. Our exceptional harp player, Helge Tallqvist dedicated his latest album release to George Smith. Another astonishing harp player  and vocalist is Olli Ontronen who is only 25 years old. Harp aside, probably the most beautiful blues/jazz guitarist(+ talented musician) in the world is Ms Erja Lyytinen. Besides these three there is a lot of talent over here and one more example is the Tomi Leino Band who are backing Steve Guyger on his tour here in December. Tomi himself is an accomplished harp player/guitarist/vocalist.

Harri