Sampo Lassila Narinkka

Sampo Lassila NARINKKA is a dynamic and new-seeking modern klezmerband, which music can be called with a new term: ”suomiklezmer”. (Suomi being the Finnish word for Finland).
After playing traditional klezmer in the 1990's, Lassila realized that Finnish klezmer just didn't exist. So he decided to roll up and create a new style and sound that would be distinctively Finnish klezmer.
The music is new, Finnish worldmusic, acoustic klezmer, that mixes a wide range of influences from traditional jewish and balkan music even to Scandinavian contemporary chamber music and jazz - with distinctive Finnish-sounding melodies and soundworlds, Finnish mentality, humour and musical stories, but still respecting the rich and wonderful tradition of klezmer.

The phenomenom Suomi (“Finland” in Finnish) is not superimposed on the traditional style, but painted faintly and organically inside the style, without forgetting Finnish melancholic and heartwarming humour.

The third album of Narinkka, Suomiklezmer 2, is available only in the Bandcamp -site of the band:
https://sampolassilanarinkka.bandcamp.com/album/suomiklezmer-2

Narinkka was grounded by Sampo Lassila in 2010. The debut-album raised straight up to 4th place in the World Music Charts Europe in Feb 2013 and stayed for three months in the Top20. The second album 'In Strange Lands 2016"- raised into Top20 in three international world music charts. Narinkka has toured in Germany, Sweden, Iceland and Finland.