If the town of Mänttä-Vilppula did not get enough of us last autumn, then now is the time to mend it.

We bid you welcome to Morgan Kane on Saturday 25th February. Music starts sometime after midnight….

The gig wagon gets a bit of air with a weekend tour to Kotka:

Fri 20.1. Hovi Pub at 23:00
Sat 21.1. Ravintola Alvari at 23:00

Welcome!

The reviews for our record are starting to come in, and this is what they say:

“Their jaunty playing, Tomi Hyttinen’s songs and Salla Rimmi’s classic folk vocals come together to form something that falls between Steeleye Span’s finer moments and the hugely enjoyable Circulus.”
Rob F., Leicester Bangs 13.10.2011

(loosely translated from Finnish)
“Ultimately, it comes down to keeping up the traditions and transmitting the good spirits of the performer to the listener, and this Greenrose Faire manages well. Hey!”
Kalevi Heino, Imperiumi.net 25.10.2011

The best place to get the record is from our very own Shoppe.

 

Greenrose Faire’s first full-length album titled Neverending Journey is out now.

Get the album from:
Greenrose Shoppe (CD)
CD Baby (USA, CD + mp3)
Garden Shed (Japan, CD)
Amazon (mp3)
iTunes (mp3)
and record shops all over Finland

1. Dance ’til Morning Light
2. Beggars and Thieves
3. The Old Knight
4. Witchdance
5. Raindrops
6. Land of Hope and Freedom
7. Neverending Journey
8. Flower on the Grave
9. Everytime
10. Barons of Langtree
11. The Promised Land
12. Legend of the Woods
13. Greenrose’s Faire

 
 
As a preview to both the music and cover artwork, here is the first track, Dance ’til Morning Light:

Neverending Journey hits the shops on 21.9., and the proper way to celebrate is to commandeer a public house and play the tunes from the album there among with great friends. And maybe also partake of some suitable beverages during the night.

The release party takes place at Yo-talo, Tampere on Wednesday 21.9. Live music starts at nine-ish by the nights special guests Jhary’s Trio, three gentlemen in kilts.

Greenrose Faire gets the stage after ten. There may well happen some surprise performances during the show.

Entry costs five local coins, and the doors open at 8 o’clock. Welcome!

The new T-shirts have arrived and are available in the Shop, or from instance the Häme medieval fair this weekend.

The shirts are natural coloured cotton, and the lady fit model is organic cotton.

We are happy to announce that Greenrose Faire returns to the Häme Medieval Fair, the second biggest medieval festival in Finland, to play all of four gigs there. The weekend starts on Friday Aug 19th at noonish with a small gig at Hurttala elementary school. On Friday eve, there is a medieval feast on the Hämeenlinna castle grounds starting at 8 p.m., where we play as well as Metsatöll with an unplugged set.

The fair continues on Saturday the 20th, and finishes up with Greenrose Faire on the castle grounds main stage at around quarter past five. On Saturday evening, there’s another evening feast, concluding with a fire show by Flamma and Greenrose Faire’s concert.

So let us leave our worries behind and head on the never-ending journey on the ever winding road towards Häme Medieval Fair. Welcome!

Our web shop is finally open and can be found at http://greenrosefaire.com/shop/

Greenrose Faire charges towards the summer’s gigs with new vigor together with our new lead singer Salla Rimmi. We wish to give warm thanks for the past couple of years to Merituulia, who is now commiting to her acting career.

A professional musician, Salla has had no trouble slipping to the middle ages, and the coming shows this summer are certainly worth the wait!

(picture by Raisa Suuronen)

There are still a couple of weekends left, just enought time to throw a mini-tour of Tampere.

On Saturday 6.11. the gig wagon rolls towards Pub Tasanne, where music starts at 22.30. The gate-keeper’s toll is 3 eur.

Saturday 27.11. sees the small stage of Ravintola Artturin plunge to medieval ages at around 21.30 o’clock onwards. Free entrance.

Finally, this year once again is concluded by a Christmas show at O’Hara’s Freehouse on Saturday 11.12. Showtime at 23:00.