Kuuttaren korut
With her kantele and her voice Anna-Kaisa Liedes was one of the top performers of Finnish folk music already at the end of the 1970's, when she was still a school girl. She pursued studies at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department, and following graduation joined the teaching staff of the department. She is mostly known as a member of the group Niekku, but also as a contributor for Tallari. Anna-Kaisa Liedes has also played in many other larger or smaller productions of folk music.
Her long (and sometimes winding) road as a folk musician has passed through a definitive change in the status and possibilities of folk music in Finland. She has experienced the birth of a new self-esteem, the ever deepening sense of tradition and the freedom of expression. Folk music is no longer contained by the straight-jacket of tradition. Influences from other sources are no longer abhorred or hidden. The folk musician is also at liberty to experiment and seek, to express his own feelings. Today's intrepretations already carry tomorrow within, but where the road will take us, no-one knows.
Producer Heikki Laitinen
Recorded by Janne Viksten
Mixed by Janne Viksten, Heikki Laitinen, Anna-Kaisa Liedes
1. Olin sairas kun luokseni saavut
Comp. Maria Kalaniemi, trad., lyrics trad., arr. Maria Kalaniemi, Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Gipsy song.
Maria Kalaniemi: accordion
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
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2. Viinarattihin rakastuin
Comp. trad., lyrics trad., arr. Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Ingrian Runo song in the Kalevala metre.
Eila Hartikainen: vocals
Kristiina Ilmonen: sabar, maracas
Maari Kallberg: vocals
Sirkka Kosonen: vocals, pygmy solo
Anita Lehtola: vocals, pygmy solo
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
Nikko Prauda: djembe
Outi Pulkkinen: vocals
Pia Rask: vocals
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3. Oi miksi
Comp. trad., lyrics trad., arr. Anu Itäpelto, Maria Kalaniemi, Anna-Kaisa Liedes, Olli Varis.
Love song.
Anu Itäpelto: 36-stringed kantele
Maria Kalaniemi: accordion
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
Olli Varis: mandolin, octave-mandolin
4. Se tie oli pitkä
Comp. Anna-Kaisa Liedes, trad., lyrics trad., arr. Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Southern Ostrobothnia.
Anu Itäpelto: 36-stringed kantele
Leena Joutsenlahti: alto-recorder
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals, 36-stringed kantele
Kimmo Pohjonen: gogo marimba
Tapani Varis: double bass
5. Kaik' miä unet unohin
Comp. trad., lyrics trad., arr. Maria Kalaniemi, Anna-Kaisa Liedes, Olli Varis, Tapani Varis, Janne Viksten.
Ingrian Runo song in the Kalevala metre.
Maria Kalaniemi: accordion
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
Olli Varis: guitar
Tapani Varis: double bass
Janne Viksten: guitar
6. Kuuttaren korut
Comp. Anna-Kaisa Liedes, lyrics trad., arr. Maria Kalaniemi, Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Runo song in the Kalevala metre.
Anu Itäpelto: 36-stringed kantele
Maria Kalaniemi: accordion
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals, 36-stringed kantele
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7. Heilani saattelin Amerikkahan
Comp. trad., lyrics trad., arr. Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Southern Ostrobothnia.
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
8. Seida ja Rikhard
Comp. Anna-Kaisa Liedes, trad., lyrics trad., arr. Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Ballad.
Kristiina Ilmonen: darabuka
Anu Itäpelto: 36-stringed kantele
Leena Joutsenlahti: alto-recorder
Maria Kalaniemi: accordion
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals
Tapani Varis: double bass
9. Sandran laulu
Comp. Anna-Kaisa Liedes, arr. Anna-Kaisa Liedes.
Lullaby.
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals, 15-stringed kantele