Album review: Lepisto & Lehti - Helsinki (Aito Records)
FOR those with what Robert Palmer used to call “hungry ears”, this Finnish duo are manna from musical heaven.
Although there are echoes of Irish folk bands like Planxty, accordion player Markku Lepisto and Pekka Lehti on double-bass weave a sound that is bright and brazenly contemporary whether on rhythmic tracks like Vainiajalan Tango or the plaintive, gently gliding Lansiranta.
VERDICT 4/5