TEPPANA JÄNIS & ARJA KASTINEN - Teppana Jänis LP scre and I am so glad

and I am so glad we have this extraordinary evidence of the power and gifts of Mia and the Gits that you now can hold in your hands

albeit uncredited

Fiddlehead wasn’t supposed to make a second record

On the second side of the album

Six Hammond-organ soaked tracks

TEPPANA JÄNIS & ARJA KASTINEN - Teppana Jänis LP scre and I am so gladTeppana Jnis was born in the village of Uuksujrvi in Suistamo on 21 June 1850. After becoming blind in the late 19th century, he went house to house, supporting himself by playing the kantele, a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family. He performed at dances and in schools, and also participated in the Suistamo kantele and runosong competitions in 1911. In the summers of 1916 and