Heippa folks, Cool things cooking: WAO is heading to studio and our premiere album will be out for the summer. I will be part of Finland 100 years Midsummer festivities in Upper Michigan, USA : June 23 at the Hank Homestead, ÄSKEL June 24 at Finnish American Heritage Center, HANCOCK June 24 TOIVOLA/AGATE BEACH June 25 BRUCE CROSSING JPP in concert June 30 Keuruun Musiikkileiri, KEURUU, FI Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, 50th edition!! takes place July 10-16th. I'll gig with JPP, Pinnin Pojat, A.P. Sarjanto, Salamakannel, Ampron Prunni, Anssi Känsälä trio + more... WAO will tour Finland with new CD + Jan Johanssons monology of Wilho Ollikainen, Finnish premiere July 20 Rautavaara July 21 Pöljä, Siilinjärvi July 22 Kupsajaiset, Kangasniemi July 23 tbc August 17 Gothenburg, Sweden tbc Nordik Tree in concert AUG 19 Kaukas, Hyvinkää, FI Ampron Prunni SEP 1-3, Højbystævnet, Odense, Denmark I will be artist of month at Rikscena, Oslo, Norway in September Arto & Antti will gig Nov 23 + Finnskog special with Arto, Mats Berglund (SWE) + more Nov 25th more to come, stay tuned!