[mp3-vb3]Erja lyytinen

No doubt about it: Erja Lyytinen has the talent and looks to put Finland on the international blues map. Born into a musical family in the small town of Kuopio, she integrates jazz, folk and even pop elements into her bluesy mix. Lyytinen's outstanding slide guitar playing has earned her the nickname "the Bonnie Raitt of Finland" and led to festival appearances alongside Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball and Bonnie Raitt herself. Now, this impressive young lady is poised to break out to an even bigger audience.



One of Finland's brightest musical talents, this is Lyytinen's boldest, freshest and most varied effort yet. She features a wider range of song styles than ever before. To do this, she enlisted the help of the musicians who know her best - here she is accompanied by her own road band after a pair of CDs she recorded with session players. She mixes hard-edged blues with modern R&B and also showcases her knack for delicate, poppy melodies.



Artist: Erja Lyytinen

Title Of Album: Grip of the Blues

Year Of Release: 29 Sep 2008

Label: Ruf Records

Genre: Blues

Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo

Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz

Total Time: 48:08 min

Total Size: 67,9 mb



Erja Lyytinen - Grip Of The Blues (2008)







TRACKLIST

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01. Broadcast 03:38

02. Everything's Fine 04:36

03. Grip Of The Blues 05:12

04. Steamy Windows 04:57

05. Inner Beauty 03:26

06. Let It Shine 04:21

07. Wish I Had You 04:45

08. Unreachable 03:47

09. Voyager's Tale 02:00

10. Rollin' & Tumblin' 03:46

11. Wanna Get Closer 04:52

12. Dissatisfaction 02:48







ERJA LYYTINEN BIO

In the past few years, Erja Lyytinen has taken the international music scene by storm. She's a young, talented singer/songwriter and exceptional guitarist who plays everything from dobro to slide guitar. "But the guitar - or any instrument for that matter - is there just to support the story that I'm always trying to tell with a song", she says.



Erja was born to a musical family in Kuopio, a little town in the middle of Finland. At the age of 15 she was performing with her parents - singing and at first playing the violin and later the electric guitar. "People always wonder how a girl picked up the guitar. But being from a musical family - my mother is a bassist and my father a guitarist - I don't think that's a far stretch," Erja laughs.



Erja's second album Wildflower (Bluelight Records), which she also co-produced, was officially released in June 2003 at one of Finland's biggest festivals, Puistoblues. "It was great," Erja enthuses. "We got to open for Koko Taylor and Bonnie Raitt. They've both had a huge influence on me." Erja has often been compared to Raitt and the Finnish magazine Blues News once hailed her as the Bonnie Raitt of Finland.