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Rent Romus & Heikki Koskinen's Manala With Life's Blood Ensemble at Finnish Kaleva Hall

Courtesy of Rent Romus | Posted on April 12, 2019

Where

Finnish Kaleva Hall
1970 Chestnut Street
Berkeley, CA
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Rent Romus & Heikki Koskinen's Manala With Life's Blood Ensemble at Finnish Kaleva Hall

When

Sat, May 25, 2019
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Rent Romus
saxophone, alto
Joshua Marshall
saxophone, tenor
Mark Clifford
vibraphone
Safa Shokrai
bass, acoustic

About

The Finnish Heritage Society presents the East Bay debut of “Manala” (netherworld), a representation of cultural rediscovery through the lens of music weaving the elements of jazz, traditional folk, and free improvisation inspired by the mythic prose of cultural liberation and identity found in the Finnish and Finno-Ugric folklore and shamanic traditions. This epic presentation will take place at the newly restored historic Berkeley Finnish Hall presented as part of the Finnish Heritage Society’s spring cultural events programming.

Manala or Tuonela is the metaphysical netherworld in the Finnish Kalevala or Jabmeaivo in Sami traditions...

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