SomBy were the winners of the
Liet International 2009 song contest for minority european languages and cultures. Sámi rock, you say? But wait, there's more! There's
Alit Boazu from the Norwegian side, and
Tiina Sanila, a
Skolt Sámi singer from Finland. And yes,
there is Sámi metal, from the band
Intrigue. There are plenty other Sámi musicians across
Sápmi and outside of the genre of rock, of course. There's
Amoc, an Inari Sámi rapper from Finland;
Adjágas who are folky and bluegrassy at times;
Niko Valkeapää, who is more ambient and electronic; and of course,
Mari Boine,
recently knighted for her long career of artistic work (
translation). [Sound, MySpace warnings]
[more inside]
posted by taursir
on Dec 25, 2009 -
5 comments
A new, controversial law making its way through the Finnish parliament is
confusing, but its implementation may infringe on already existing Finnish laws of free speech. With decisions set to be made later this week, a
demonstration has already been planned for Tuesday. On the other hand, some sources seem to be saying that this new law should
present no major issue. Thus, it seems like there's a small amount of confusing legal voodoo going on: while the law wouldn't make it illegal to copy music to MP3 players, it would mean that "the breaking of copy protection for the copying of the content of a sound or video recording for personal use would be prohibited." It looks like no one knows exactly what they want out of this law, or how to interpret it.
DMCA, anyone?
posted by taursir
on Oct 2, 2005 -
6 comments
