J-P Piirainen

"Nordic fingerstyle virtuosity." - Angel Romero, World Music Central, USA "An easy ranking up there with the best of the best acoustic guitarists in the folk scene. Timeless." -Lee Henderson, Art Rockin', USAJ-P Piirainen is a talented solo guitarist and folkmusician from Joensuu, Finland. His two passions, guitar music and skandinavian folkmusic, has led him to explore different styles of playing guitar. These styles are combined with Nordic folkmusic, creating a totally new, groovy and interesting style of guitar music. Playing both his own compositions and traditional nordic tunes, he brings a new twist to not only Nordic folk music, but also the world of guitar music.