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New double album Jossain on kai sateenkaari, vaikkei sitä tähän näy & Nekin jotka eivät jo kuolleet, tulevat kuolemaan, released in March 2026, has been a massive critical triumph. The release has received nothing but five-star reviews.
At the beginning of 2026, Pelkkä Poutanen was crowned Artist of the Year at the Eläköön Folk! gala. The jury praised her as an exceptionally original and boundary-breaking artist whose work renews the Finnish music scene in a way few others can match.
Poutanen's debut album Pyhä veri vuotaa (2022) garnered immediate acclaim, including a prestigious Teosto Prize nomination and etno Emma nomination. Since then, Pelkkä Poutanen has been touring festivals both in Finland and abroad, navigating effortlessly across musical boundaries. In 2024 Pelkkä Poutanen was part of the WOMEX selection in Manchester.
Said about the double album (2026):
”Poutanen channels the deep core of folk music with fierce intensity and great individuality.”
– Arttu Seppänen, Helsingin Sanomat, 5/5 stars
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”What could have been done even better in this album? I couldn’t think of a single thing, so a full constellation of stars shines over this rainbow.”
– Mika Roth, Desibeli, 5/5 stars
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”This intimate recording delves into the fragile essence of life, whose seeming darkness is illuminated by hope.”
– Juha Seitz, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 5/5 stars
Said about the debut album Pyhä veri vuotaa (2022):
"...one of 2022’s best World Music albums..."
- Music you need to hear/Rudy Carrera
"..it’s enticing, haunting, mesmerising, spiritual and hypnotic.”
- SONGLINES - Buzz Bury, April 2022​
”When a performer can do just about anything with her voice, one need only sit back and marvel at the possibilities. — — Once one gets past the acrobatic vocals, one is amazed by the rich sound world.
- FMQ, Amanda Kauranne, Feb 2022 ​
This debut solo album 'Pyhä veri vuotaa' contains folk music with a very modern twist and influences from around the world. The thread tying everything together is the concept of the sacred, including showing how the sacred sometimes turns into something quite absurd or brutal. Sacred is a tool of using power, it is political and it has a strong personal level.
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Pic: Mitro Härkönen
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