Posted on 12 July 2009. Tags: ensemble, Finland, finnish, hameenlinna, helsinki, jazz, Jazz Festival, linna, music, nordic, quintet, suomennlinna, vaipori
Finland’s brief but glorious summer is the jazz festival season in this Nordic nation. Many music fans will be surprised to learn that Finland has a thriving jazz music scene, and a number of festivals with impressive line-ups are scheduled at cities throughout the country. Read the full story
Posted in Culture, Finland, MBL, Scandinavia, Society
Posted on 06 October 2008. Tags: flights to Reykjavik, holidays, Iceland Express, Jazz Festival, Reyjkavik, The Sun newspaper
Britain’s best-selling newspaper, The Sun has printed a positive travel review from Iceland. Iceland got the metaphorical thumbs-up from travel writer Zoe Street Howe.
She took her trip to Iceland for the Reykjavik Jazz Festival at the end of August. The jazz is very much the core of the article, but Howe certainly tried to fit in as much as she could.
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Posted in Iceland, MBL, Travel