{"id":6356,"date":"2016-02-20T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2017-09-03T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T11:49:10","slug":"seppo-jemina-and-selina-sillanpa-banjo-mandolin-guitar-and-scandinavian-fiddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6356","title":{"rendered":"Seppo, Jemina and Selina Sillanp\u00e4 &#8211; Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Scandinavian Fiddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago I have discovered a band from Finland named <strong>Band&#8217;o<\/strong>. I liked the sound of this trio immediatly, a mix of bluegrass, country, american roots and traditional folk music from the north of Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Band&#039;o &quot;Tummuessa kesaillan&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qFJhxdJzkbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Seppo, Jemina and Selina Sillanp\u00e4<\/strong> have played together since they were childs, and began to play as a trio in 1995. They have made several tours to the USA, and also published CDs in English and also Finnish language.<\/p>\n<p>I was mainly impressed by the fantastic fiddle sound and the harmony singing of Jemina and Selina. Selina does also play the mandolin and the guitar and other instruments. And Seppo is adding some interesting flatpicking solos on his guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quote from their myspace page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Seppo, Jemina and Selina Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4<\/strong> are famous for their fresh new attitude of playing a mixture of folk music from various countries and original songs and combining it all in their own original way.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Finland, the family has been steadily developing their professional, educational, and musical endeavors. Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4s first started performing as a folk trio in 1995 but their musical co-operation goes back to playing and recording original childrens music in the early 90s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Jemina Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/strong>, vocals, fiddle, viola<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selina Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/strong>, vocals, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, recorder<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seppo Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/strong>, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oskari Hannula <\/strong>, bass, viola da gamba<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janne Viksten <\/strong>, banjo, mandolin, mandola, guitar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 Family Band &#8211; &#8220;Different Past&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sillanpaa Family &quot;Different Past&quot; Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHs7CqOdZRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here are some videos with Seppo Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 (youtube playlist)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seppo Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 - Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar from Finland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo8XbR_hMnwNc2g26n4RghkM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here are some videos with Jemina &amp; Selina Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 (youtube playlist)<\/p>\n<p>Seppo Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 and his mandolin can be seen on some of the videos too!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jemina &amp; Selina Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 - Songs and Fiddle music from Finland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo9o5_b5FxCzIhVDdCH5l9J8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Seppo Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 is the author of the Finnish mandolin method <strong>Mandoliiniopas<\/strong>. The following blog post shows the cover of this method:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mandoliini.blogspot.de\/2009\/03\/seppo-sillanpaa-mandoliiniopas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/mandoliini.blogspot.de\/2009\/03\/seppo-sillanpaa-mandoliiniopas.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This mandolin method is available online on the website of the Kansanmusiikki-instituutti &#8211; I have bought it some years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kansanmusiikki-instituutti.valmiskauppa.fi\/mandoliiniopas-p-850.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/kansanmusiikki-instituutti.valmiskauppa.fi\/mandoliiniopas-p-850.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago I have discovered a band from Finland named Band&#8217;o. I liked the sound of this trio immediatly, a mix of bluegrass, country, american roots and traditional folk music from the north of Europe. Seppo, Jemina and Selina Sillanp\u00e4 have played together since they were childs, and began to play as a trio 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