Otkazano: Mäkkelä
Turneja je nažalost u posljednji čas otkazana, zbog čega se ispričavamo uime izvođača i menadžmenta. Hvala na razumijevanju.
Finski songwriter i gitarist Mäkkelä već nas je posjetio tri puta u KCM-u i bez ikakve sumnje pokazao da je i više nego izvrstan, što je dovoljan razlog da ga ugostimo i ovom zgodom, a vas pozovemo da nam se pridružite, ali i kupite neku od njegovih ploča, jer radi se o fantastičnom umjetniku i boemu.
Taj finsko-njemački glazbeni Jedi i dalje plovi svojim filmom; putuje, proživljava, preživljava i napokon to pretvara u priču o svom putu, o svom vlastitom svemiru gdje postoji samo čista, neometana, iskrena poezija i glazba…
Ulaz je besplatan, a donacije su dobrodošle.
Mäkkelä (FIN)
Germany based, Finnish singer-songwriter Mäkkelä can be rated as one of Europe’s outstanding extravaganzas of the genre. An obsessive solo performer, melting edgy folk anthems, his punk-folk roots and a vaudeville twinkle into a stunning folk noir brew. In combination with his characteristic songwriting and exceptional guitar playing, this earned him in 2017 a nomination for Germany’s European Folk Award and regular radio airplay in his touring countries.
Mäkkelä delivers a mesmerizing acoustic performance on mostly guitar and irish bouzouki. Significantly different to most of the average singer/songwriter stuff. Exceptionally intense songs and a hi-energy live performance that reminds at times of a Strummer-meets-Cohen-meets-Waits kind of thing. Since 2015 Mäkkelä has been touring successfully solo in Canada, Scandinavia, Eastern and Central Europe.
“This album grows on you with each listen and is a definite musos album. With definite echoes of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and the booze lashed, cigarette stinking romanticism of Shane MacGowan’s lyrics, Mäkkelä takes a less trodden path and invites you on his journey in search for a ‘Homeland’.” (Fatea Magazine, UK)
“[…] songs strikingly reminiscent of folk-noir scene greats like the twin US bands 16 Horsepower and Woven Hand in instrumentation, composition and arrangements.” (Frankenpost, Germany)
“[…] folk, jazz, world moves, and topical/timeless folk songs. […] spirited intensity underneath all of these songs.” (folkworld.eu)
LINKS
https://www.maekkelae.com/
https://maekkelae.bandcamp.com/album/dog-typewriter
https://www.facebook.com/maekkelaes.trash.lounge