Funky Finland continues international promotion work for Finnish top-notch rhythm music artists at WOMEX 2026 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on October 21st – 25th, connecting incredible artists with music promoters and other professionals from all over the world to find new opportunities based on each artist’s needs and interests.
Please find below our exclusive selection from Finland for this year. This is the public page available to anyone. If you don’t have the address to our private WOMEX 2026 page with the downloads and materials (limited access to WOMEX 2026 delegates and other music professionals), please let us know at joonas [ät] funkyamigos.fi.
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…
Humphrey Mubba
Tanzanian-born bassist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer Humphrey Mubba is one of the most intriguing new voices on the Finnish jazz and rhythm music scene. In his music, you can clearly hear the influence of his…
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…
Mama Longhorn
Nicknamed as “the rhythm tank”, Mama Longhorn makes progressive and eclectic organic rhythm music breaking traditional boundaries. Fusing rock, afrobeat, funk and even trip hop among other influences and the vocals of Eeva Poijärvi makes…
