Music diary, Feb 18, 2026 Teija Niku is one of Finland's leading folk musicians. She plays the chromatic button accordion, that massive thing with a zillion tiny buttons, with stupendous skill, style and passion. I've heard her playing live and it's just mesmerizing what someone can get out of an instrument that looks like a … Continue reading Teija Niku: Tovi
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About this blog: a change of approach
Time takes its toll, in various ways. I just turned 60 (hooray...?) and perhaps I'm beginning to feel it. 2025 was a tough one for me: for the first time in my life a series of different health issues and crises, including one hospitalization and its complications, struck me and pretty throughly messed up my … Continue reading About this blog: a change of approach
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