Funky Finland

The Funky Finland online service highlights the artists, who have contributed to the diverse Finnish rhythm music field. Curated by Funky Amigos, verified by artists.
Funky Amigos is a non-profit association with a focus on producing diverse and communal events, activities as well as other program and artistic content. We promote and uphold the status and conspicuousness of black rhythm music and its artists as well as cultural diversity and tolerance in Finland.

The Funky Finland online service highlights the artists, who have contributed to the diverse Finnish rhythm music field. Curated by Funky Amigos, verified by artists.
Funky Amigos is a non-profit association with a focus on producing diverse and communal events, activities as well as other program and artistic content. We promote and uphold the status and conspicuousness of black rhythm music and its artists as well as cultural diversity and tolerance in Finland.

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Punomo starring on Funky Elephant Festival

The sensational Turku-based Finnish retro-soul outfit Punomo will highlight Funky Elephant Festival at Culture Factory Korjaamo in Helsinki on the 6th and 7th of November, 2026. The Friday evening is dedicated to the Finnish soul music and its different variations. After their debut album, the band performed at Elephantasy - Funky Family Picnic in 2022. So now with their superb sophomore effort it's good time for round #2!

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Halme Prospekt meets West Africa

Pioneers in Finnish rhythm music scene, Heikki "Hepa" Halme and his reputed Halme Prospekt, take their music together with Togolese singer Queen Djenny Djella to the warmth and sun of Western Africa on their brand new project. The album, released May 22nd, 2026, could be expected to make a mark not only in Finland but internationally, with four awesome singles and music videos already preceding it.

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Mama Longhorn gearing up for their next moves

The "rhythm tank of Pori" is represented again in the international WOMEX 2025 event in Tampere by Funky Amigos. After the success of their fourth album Extinct But Still Alive in 2024, they are planning to release a nice bunch of remixes from different producers of their internationally acclaimed song ”Rowing High Rowing Low” and an EP release with two previously unreleased tracks. Listen to ”Rowing High Rowing Low” (YouTube) » Listen to the Extinct But Still Alive album on YouTube »

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The Blassics

The Blassics have been in the heart of the Finnish funky scene as one of the true trailblazers, who haven’t enjoyed publicity they would deserve but who have been doing their music year after another...

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The Stance Brothers

Drummer and producer Teppo “Teddy Rok” Mäkynen, an experienced musician known from several noteworthy line-ups during the years, introduced a mysterious new act named The Stance Brothers to the public in 2007. Drummer and producer...

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Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble, fusing together afrobeat, jazz funk and the traditional Beninese Vodou rhythmics, is one of the few Finnish organic rhythm music acts who have clearly focused on the international scene. The band, mutually led...

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Ismaila Sané Saïsba

The grand old man of Afro fusion and Afro jazz in Finland, Ismaila Sané (Badiane), has truly made an exceptional and impressive international musical career over the course of his life. It dates all the...

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Punomo

“The rougher and more vintage, the better.” That is how Turku-based retro-soul outfit Punomo has summed up the philosophy behind its music. Drawing on the Afro-American soul tradition while singing in Finnish and bringing a...

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Halme Prospekt & Queen Djenny Djella

Halme Prospekt is the jazz group led by renowned saxophonist, flutist, and composer Heikki “Hepa” Halme, known for fusing elements from many different genres into his music. Combining blues, psychedelic rock, and other styles in...

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