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CD Review / New World
Finn / July-August-September, 2013
Katriina Honkanen: Joutomiehiä
Joutomiehiä Dances With History
By Milli Salmela
Bissonett
Joutomiehiä, released in early May this year is a musical recording that has been
in the making for two years. It was composed by Katriina Honkanen with
arrangements by Tulilintu for the Finnish play entitled Rosvot-Balladi
Joutomiehistä, which is actress, singer/songwriter, Katriina Honkanen’s
first music work for theater. It is a union with the dance theater Tsuumin.
Inspiration for the music and play, came from a
movement in Finland around 1820, when hard times drove people from the
countrysides to seek adventure and work opportunities. These joutomiehiä were
spare time guys, floaters, not professionally trained workers, but often
handymen with basic life skills who moved towards urban communities. They
were free time lumberjacks, farmers, carpenters, gypsies, and even gangsters.
Katriina Honkanen’s songs take us back to that
early time in history that sparked tales which inspired Alexis Kivi in his
classic novel Seven Brothers, Seitsemän Veljestä. Kivi’s
great uncle, Matti Stenvall, was one among the spare time guys who wrote the
story, Metsäsisseistä, about the men who camped out in forests,
fighting for their liberty during wartime, often regarded as “sisisota.”
Here is a new sound, about an old time, that
relates to the timeless notion in human nature, to quest for change.
Joutomiehiä has great lyrics with a native pulse. I was surprised and moved by its
content. It isn’t your polka- happy pretend world, it’s real life. One
does however find humor even in the dark aspects of the recording, if you
understand the Finnish language (it’s all in Finnish). Finns are funny
when times get dark. It’s their survival tactic, or should I say their
gift!
I have to say I am appreciating it more and more
for the story it tells of that difficult period in Finnish history. The
music performance is excellent; the violin/fiddle, accordion, electric
guitar, contrabass, percussion, Katriina’s vocals, and an amazing play of well
written words. I am intrigued by the whole package of Joutomiehiä!
It is like reading a book, following characters in a moody mood enhanced by
music.
This is new music about an old time, yet
relevant to modern day struggle. Joutomiehiä dances
history.
The CD is available from this online venue: http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/honkanen_katriina/joutomiehia/
Milli Salmela Bissonett is host of a radio show
in Ely, Minnesota, that plays a variety of music, including Finnish recordings.
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