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Contact<\/a> – Live reviews<\/a> – Press photos<\/a> – Stage map<\/a>
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Greenrose Faire<\/strong> plays rousing Celtic folk rock with head-bobbing, toe-tapping rock feel. The Finnish sextet meshes mandolins and violin with rock drums and bass and symphonic synths, and spikes the rollicking attitude with the slightly ominous overtones of Finnish melancholy. Greenrose Faire sounds lively and modern but still tugs at the nostalgia strings for the long-gone days of yore.<\/p>\n

The band has great fun on stage, and have played everywhere from corner pubs to concert halls, and from intimate weddings to international festivals, among others Elfia in The Netherlands (with e.g. Rapalje and Harmony Glen) and the H\u00e4me Medieval Fair ten years in a row (with e.g. V\u00e4rttin\u00e4, Korpiklaani and Corvus Corax) They also host an annual two-day Medieval Folk Festival of their own in Tampere.<\/p>\n

Greenrose Faire are:<\/h3>\n

Salla Rimmi – vocals
\nHanna Heinonen – violin
\nNiilo Sirola – bouzouki, backing vocals
\nMeiju Enho \u2013 keyboards
\nMikko Gynther – bass
\nTomi Hyttinen – drums and percussions, backing vocals<\/p>\n

Bio<\/h3>\n

Songwriter Tomi Hyttinen used to play in a hard rock group with the other founding member Niilo Sirola. After a couple of years of playing together they realized both were into fantasy literature and medieval rock and decided to try making new music along those lines. “Neither of us really had done much acoustic stuff before, so we had great fun trying out different things. ‘No electric guitars’ was the only rule,” recalls Tomi.<\/p>\n

The two recorded an album’s worth of demos at Niilo’s home studio and then set out to find the other members for the band. Eventually a line-up of local musicians were found who had always liked to play this kind of music but just had not realised it yet. Things clicked into place with finding of the vocalist Salla Rimmi, with her elegant phrasing and tone clear like a bell. The band’s debut album “Neverending Journey” was released in 2011, followed with “My Home Is Where My Heart Is” in 2013, “Feed the Flames” in 2015, and “Riders in the Night” in 2018.<\/p>\n

The band aims to bring the music and faires to all people in every castle and village around the world. “It has been amazing to notice the effect our music has on people. Our songs seem to have a special kind of magic,” Salla jests. “We even had to stop playing ‘Raindrops’ at outdoor gigs because it often started to rain during the song.”<\/p>\n

Contact<\/h3>\n

Management, press inquiries:
\nKathy Keller (Friendly Folk Records<\/a>)
\ninfo@friendlyfolkrecords.org
\n+31 63 0094 688<\/p>\n

Bookings worldwide:
\nFriendly Folk Bookings
\nffrbookings@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Bookings, Finland:
\nTomi Hyttinen
\n+358 40 5454 208
\ngigs@greenrosefaire.com<\/p>\n

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Live reviews<\/h3>\n

Aside from the fact that they are amazing musicians, and they seem to have a great talent for writing music that connects with the listeners, the one thing that I really want to point out about their performance is that they radiate fun. They enjoy their time on stage, they enjoy being together and playing together, and that shows!
\nCeltCast 28.5.2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Greenrose Faire’s show relies largely on Salla Rimmi’s charming stage presence and wonderful voice, but above all on their extremely solid original songs.
\nTranslated from Keikkaguru 18.8.2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n