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Sirkkala

from Cosmologies by Marjo Smolander

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about

In the summer of 2019 I traveled to the village of Häkkilä in Haukivuori, central Finland with my grandmother Aune. We visited her childhood home which was in the middle of the bushes and millions of mosquitoes. I had heard from her so many stories about that little red house. She has millions of love-filled memories of her childhood when she lived there. After that trip I made this song for my childhood home. How would I see my childhood home when I’m old? I grew up there and experienced hundreds of adventures when time was passing slowly, as it does for a child.

To my home in Rääkkylä.

lyrics

Sirkkalan koivukuja mieleeni maalautuu.
Haavat, juhannusruusut, heinät heiluneet.

Kuusi kurja ja kumara, aidassa katselee.
Noita peltoja lakoontuineita, ne on sateen saattueet.

En päästä sitä pois miun mielestäin.

Hehehehee

En päästä sitä pois miun mielestäin.

In English
Birch trees in Sirkkala are painted in my mind.
Aspen, midsummer roses, hay that swayed.

A spruce is miserable and stooped over, watching in the fence.
Those fields which are now flattened, the convoys of the rain.

I will not let it disappear from my mind.

credits

from Cosmologies, track released January 27, 2021
Music by Marjo Smolander

Eliza Boye Mouritsen vocals, violin and percussions
Jenni Hanikka vocals and recorders
Recorded by Antti Koukonen and Arto Nevalainen / Studio Taajuusvarjostin Helsinki Finland
Mixed by Mikko H.Haapoja / Haapoja Studios
Mastered by Taito Hoffrén / Ääniä

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Marjo Smolander Rääkkylä, Finland

Finnish artist Marjo Smolander comes from Rääkkylä, a tiny village in Northern Karelia.

She plays a traditional Finnish instrument called Kantele. Marjo has regularly visited West Africa and as a result her musical style has evolved into certainly unique.

Marjo is also known from the duo Zäpämmät and Finnish-Senegalese Sunuy xale team. ... more

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