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Johanna Kurkela
Johanna Kurkela (born 25 April 1985) is a Finnish singer. Her first published work was a duet ''Tahdon tanssia kanssasi'' with Tomi Metsäketo in 2004. Kurkela released her first album ''Hetki hiljaa'' in 2005. She got a lot of publicity in the Finnish Preselection final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, presenting the song ''Olet uneni kaunein''. Kurkela ended up sixth in the preselection final. A few weeks later she published her second album ''Marmoritaivas''. Her 2010 album '' Hyvästi, Dolores Haze'' has sold over 20,000 copies. Personal life Kurkela was born in Lumijoki. She has been in a relationship with Finnish musician and Nightwish founder and leader Tuomas Holopainen since 2009; they became engaged in 2014 and married on 28 October 2015. Musical background Kurkela has a versatile musical background. She studied the violin for seven years from the age of five, and the classical piano from a few years later. She attended secondary school in Oulu at Madetojan mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumijoki
Lumijoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Oulu and Siikajoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Lumijoki literally means "snow river", most likely through ''Lumijärvi'', the lake from which the river Lumijoki once began from. Toponyms with the word ''lumi'' usually refer to areas where the snow stays for longer than in nearby areas. The village was first mentioned in 1548, when it was a part of the Liminka Liminka () is a municipality in the Northern Ostrobothnia region in Finland. Liminka is located about south of Oulu. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The neighbour ... parish. It gained chapel rights in 1640, eventually becoming an independent parish and municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Days Of Grays
''The Days of Grays'' is the sixth full-length studio album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. The album was released in South America on 8 September 2009, on 16 September in Finland, 18 September in Europe and 22 September in North America through Nuclear Blast. The special edition of the album includes the album along with an orchestral CD as a digipak. It is the first album with guitarist Elias Viljanen and also the first since 1999's ''Ecliptica'' in which vocalist Tony Kakko also plays the keyboards. History Sonata Arctica keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg described the album as: The first single from the album is " The Last Amazing Grays". It was released by Nuclear Blast Records only in Finland on 26 August. The band ran a fan art contest to choose the artwork for their second announced single, " Flag in the Ground" which the press release calls "an uplifting story about a young couple fighting their way to freedom and their own land in North America back in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auri (band) Members
Auri may refer to: * Auri, Latvia, a village in the historical region of Semigallia * Auri, Uttar Pradesh, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Auri (band), a Finnish band formed in 2017 ** ''Auri'' (album), 2018 * ''Acacia auriculiformis'', a tree species * ''Lablab purpureus'', a bean species also known as Indian bean * Indonesian Air Force, formerly AURI, currently TNI–AU * Auri (footballer) (born 1973), Auri Dias Faustino, Brazilian footballer * Auri, a character from ''The Kingkiller Chronicle ''The Kingkiller Chronicle'' is a planned fantasy trilogy by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss. The first two books, '' The Name of the Wind'' and '' The Wise Man's Fear'', were released in 2007 and 2011. The books released in the series have ...'' series of books See also * Auris (other) {{disambiguation, geo, plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group Artists
Artists whose work has been produced by the Warner Music Group include: A *Aaron Kwok - Hong Kong(1990-1995, moved to Philips Records from 1996 to 1999) *Aaliyah (1996, via Atlantic Records) * AB'S *ABBA (via Atlantic Records during US release of Waterloo) *AC/DC *Action Bronson *Adam Faith *Adam Lambert * Adia Victoria *Adina Howard *aespa (Outside South Korea) *Afrojack *Agung Gede *Ailee *Aimee Mayo * Airbourne * Against the Current * Agallah *The Agonist *A-ha *Alec Benjamin * AJR *Akon *Alesana *Alestorm * Alex Dezen *Alex Gaskarth *Alex Metric * Alex Newell *Alexander Armstrong * Aleyna Tilki *Alice in Chains (Outside U.S. territories) * Alison Balsom *Alison Sudol (Warner/Chappell Music) *Alissa White-Gluz * All Saints *All Time Low *All-4-One *Allison Moorer (Rykodisc and Warner/Chappell Music) * Alok *Alphabeat * Alphaville *Alt-J *Alter Bridge *Amanda Palmer * Amelia Lily *America *Amillionsons *The Amity Affliction *Amon Amarth (Outside U.S. territories, via Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Finnish Women Singers
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People From Lumijoki
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno 1696
''Anno 1696'' is the ninth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, released on 24 February 2023 via Century Media. Insomnium began working on the album shortly before the release of ''Argent Moon'', in 2021, with the album originally planned to be released in 2022. Like their 2016 album '' Winter's Gate'', the album is based on a short story by vocalist/bassist Niilo Sevänen, first hinted on October 24, 2022, less than two weeks before the album's official announcement. It is the final release to feature guitarist Jani Liimatainen. Release and promotion In April 2023, the band embarked on a North American tour to promote ''Anno 1696'', together with Enslaved, whose album '' Heimdal'' released a week after the release of ''Anno 1696'', with support from Black Anvil. Track listing Personnel Insomnium * Niilo Sevänen – bass, lead vocals * Ville Friman – guitars * Markus Vanhala – guitars, clean vocals * Jani Liimatainen – guitars, clean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insomnium (band)
Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Joensuu in 1997. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. Their music includes elements of progressive metal, black metal, folk metal, and doom metal. History On 9 September 2011, Insomnium released the music video "Through the Shadows" from their 2011 album, '' One for Sorrow''. In November 2011, Insomnium embarked on their first headlining European tour with support from Before the Dawn and MyGRAIN. During April 2012 Insomnium returned to tour the U.K. as the main support act for British gothic metal band Paradise Lost. Vreid was also present on the tour as a supporting opening act. On 19 September 2013, Insomnium released "Ephemeral", a single from their foreshadowed 2014 album, ''Shadows of the Dying Sun'', via Century Media Records. It is the first track to feature new guitarist, Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum), who replaced Ville Vänni in 2011. On 29 Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auri (album)
''Auri'' is the debut album by the Finnish/English progressive folk band of the same name. It was released on March 23, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Records. Track listing Personnel All information from the album booklet. Auri * Johanna Kurkela – lead vocals, strings * Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, flutes, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards, male vocals (on track 4, 8 & 9) * Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians * Frank Van Essen – drums, percussion, strings, violin * Phil Barker – bass * Jyrki Tulilahti – vocals * Jonas Pap – cello * Michael Gill – fiddle * Lord Paddington – mandolin * Joomba – equestrian atmospheres Production * Tero Kinnunen – engineering * Tim Oliver – mixing * Denis Blackman – mastering * Johanna Kurkela – engineering * Troy Donockley – engineering * Tuomas Holopainen – engineering Reception The ''Sonic Seducer ''Sonic Seducer'' is a German music magazine that covers gothic rock, new wave, EB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
