http://www.afterdawn.com/ Daily updated digital multimedia news, software reviews, album reviews, MP3 promotions and WinAMP skins. http://www.classicrocksuomi.com/crs/ Classic Rock Suomi is intependent finnish music site containing news, articles and reviews. http://www.digelius.com/ Supplier of folk, ethnic and jazz music along with some other not so well known type of music. http://www.festivals.fi/index2.php Search through 58 different festivals arranged in Finland either by art, location or date. http://www.fimic.fi/ Contains everything you need to know about Finnish music. You can find facts about composers, artists and groups of contemporary music, folk and world music, jazz and pop, rock and dance. http://www.fmq.fi/ A magazine published in english that covers all aspects of the Finnish music scene, and keep track of what happens in Finland. Read articles on-line. http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/lightmus.html General overview with links to other sites written by Mr. Jari Muikki, Finnish Music Information Centre. http://www.globalmusic.fi/in_english/ GMC is a music institute dedicated to the different musics of the world. They organize events, produce recordings, undertake research and disseminate and publish worldwide music information worldwide. http://www.gramex.fi/english.html Organization administering the rights of performing artists. http://www.mikseri.net The biggest free music sharing site in Finland. http://www.mp3lizard.com Artist promotion site, features MP3 files from independent Finnish and international artists. http://www.muusikoiden.net Muusikoiden.net is the number one web community for musicians in Finland. In a few years Muusikoiden.net has gained increasing popularity with over 66,000 registered members today. Muusikoiden.net is the place to ask questions and get answers about music. http://www.studio57.fi/ Äänitysstudio Studio 57 tarjoaa vintagekaluston lämmintä saundia yhdistettynä digilaitteiden puhtauteen. http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~latvis/rockdata/ Most comprehensive information source for Finnish popular music. http://www.teosto.fi Finnish Composers' Copyright Society http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/kantele.html Article on the Kantele written by Anneli Asplund, senior researcher, Finnish Literature Society. You can also listen to three Kantele pieces performed by Timo Väänänen.