Tuomo
Soul
Tuomo Prättälä (vocals, Rhodes, Moog, guitar); Verneri Pohjola (trumpet); Ilmari Pohjola (trombone); Antti Hynninen (sax, flute); Aki Haarala (guitar); Heiki Laine (bass); Mikko Kaakkuriniemi (drums); Abdissa Mamba Assefa (percussion).
Sat 11 July 2009 18:15 - 19:30 Congo
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The soul singer from Helsinki made his debut in 2007 with the album My Thing, for which he won a grammy award. The Scandinavian artist has a fanbase which includes famous BBC DJ Gilles Peterson who loves the seventies sound of Tuomo, that has been compared to the sound of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield. His new record Reaches Out For You is Tuomo's big break trough as a songwriter.
