My own radio show that has been running since 2019 on Radio Helsinki.
Kaiken Maailman Kappaleita (“Tracks from the world”) is my own 2h radio show that explores music genres and their histories from around the world as well as features an hour of new releases as well as artist interviews. The show has been running on and off on Radio Helsinki since 2019 and was sponsored by Savoy Teatteri.
Selected episodes:
19.4.2026: Afroperuvian music genres inspired by Buh Records founder Luis Alvarado from Lima
7.12.2025 Sedakhane is a new folk music archive dedicated to folk and popular music from Iran, 1950s to 2000s. Interview with the archive director Ahmadali Kadivar who talks about the 5000 records in the archive.
9.11.2025 Traditional music from the Galicia region of Spain
28.9.2025 A deep dive into bullerengue music from Colombia, including an interview with Akolá Tambó
14.9.2025 Celebrating international kantele day and all things kantele music! Interviews with Sanni Virta and Eija Kankaanranta from the Kantele Society, as well as with Mexican DJ Coco Maria about her new compilation “Club Coco – New Dimensions in Latin Music”.
27.4.2025 100th Kaiken Maailman Kappaleita show and a retrospective
16.3.2025 Interview with musician Sami Yaffa on his new Sound Tracker concert series at Savoy Teatteri
2.2.2025 An episode on music & climate change, including an interview with Lotta Hagfors, producer of the new compilation “Nouse Luonto – lauluja monimuotoisuudesta” (Stand up nature – songs about diversity) that brings together some of Finland’s greatest folk artists
8.12.2024 Music from Karelia – interviews with Amanda Kauranne and Emmi Kuittinen on their project and album “Karjalasta Kolttien Maille”
24.11.2024 Popular music from Sudan from 1950s to 1980s with guest Basam El-Fadl
10.11.2024 Why has touring become so much more difficult and expensive for bands? Interview with tour manager Robb Dixon about current developments in touring and the effects of European border policies and the climate crisis.
26.5.2024 80s and 90s Popular music from around the Persian Gulf with guest Ahmed Al-Nawas
12.5.2024 Korealainen folk pop yhtye ADG7 saapuu 22.5. Savoy Teatteriin, ja sen kunniaksi tutustumme ensimmäisellä tunnilla Gugak Fuusio genreen. Korealainen perinnemusiikki eli Gugak on nähnyt viime vuosien aikana paljon uusia genrerajoja ylittäviä yhtyeitä ja muusikoita – SsingSsing, Leenalchi, Jambinai, Lee Heemoon ja monet muut. Tervetuloa kuuntelemaan nykypäivän Gugak musaa! Toisella tunnilla uusia julkaisuja ympäri maailmaa – aalloilla muunmuassa Päivi Hirvonen, Bergå Folk Project, Thandiswa Mazwai ja Nubiyan Twist!
3.3.2024: Cuban big bands from the 1940s-1960s and their meaning today, featuring interviews with Eliane Correa and Peter Loman – what kind of influence did the Cuban revolution have on the music?
4.2.2024: Sámi national day including an interview with musicians Ánnámáret and Áilu Valle
22.10.2023: Sevdah music from Bosnia and Herzegovina and its links to the Bosnian war
24.9.2023: Multilingual radioshow – honouring Helsinki’s history and founding as a multilingual city
27.8.2023: 50 years since the military coup in Chile, how Chilean refugees were the first ones to be brought into Finland and the large musical solidarity campaign that ensued, including interviews with Luis Herrera and Ricardo Parada
9.4.2023: The history of Hawaiian music
27.11.2022: Music and history from Indonesia
30.10.2022: Music and stories from the Women Life Freedom protests in Iran, with Aida Shahghasemi
20.3.2022: The history and music of Nowruz – Persian new year
23.1.2022: Music of Andalusia and its connections to historical Al-Andalus
13.6.2021: Music during Apartheid South Africa
23.2.2020: Wuhan’s lively indie music scene
8.12.2019: History of Gospel music
13.10.2019: Yiddish language music and Helsinki’s Jewish history