At the Roots: Pentti Rasinkangas – Free Mondays

Start your week with some catchy tunes! Visiting musician Pertti Rasinkangas will be the first to start this autumn’s At the Roots Club series at the café stage.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Pentti Rasinkangas is perhaps best known for his extensive children's music catalogue. Rasinkangas' career began in the early 70s, and he is a founding member of children's music groups Ohilyönti and Loiskis.

In addition to children's music, Rasinkangas' long career has also included folk music from different countries, and especially ancient Finnish music with its old instruments. At the Roots Club will feature a troubadour for adult tastes, a man with a guitar.

The pulsating heart of everyone’s favourite Monday night club is made of jazz, blues, country, folk, rhythm and blues, bluegrass and Americana roots music. As usual, the club hosts are Juki Välipakka and The Rooty Toot Toot Band.

The Rooty Toot Toot Band:
Juki Välipakka – vocals & guitar
Lasse Sirkko – bass
Tommi Lievemaa – guitar
Olli Haavisto – pedal steel guitar
Sirpa Suomalainen – saxophone
Kepa Kettunen – drums

Duration: 1 hour

Free Mondays is a series of Monday-night free events at Kanneltalo. The events include gigs, author visits, films and sing-alongs. As the name suggests, no admission fee is collected for Free Mondays’ events that are open to all. Start your week with a dose of culture at Kanneltalo!