Paleface & Laulava Unioni

Paleface brings to the Espa Stage his band Laulava Unioni, founded in 2017, which focuses on American Finnish folk and protest songs.

“The band Laulava Unioni got its start in 2017 when Tipi Tuovinen brought up the idea of starting a band focusing on American Finnish IWW songs. The idea immediately struck a chord with me. I knew some of the songs of the “wobblies” in advance and, for example, I had already played the song “Siispä laulakaa”, which can be heard on this album, at my concerts. Now, I was presented with the opportunity to dive deeper into the music of the Industrial Workers of the World. The Hootenanny-style harmonic singing played an important role in the musical vision.

We decided to name the band Laulava Unioni (The Singing Union). The Singing Union is one of the many nicknames of the anarcho-syndicalist IWW: the music played such an important role in its activities. IWW songs are at the very source of folk and protest song.”
- Paleface

The concert is part of the Meidän Uusimaa concert series supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Uusimaa Regional Fund.

The concert is part of the Meidän Uusimaa concert series supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Uusimaa Regional Fund.