Musical Journey: FinlandScenes of Finland and it's capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Savonlinna, site of an ancient castle and Kerimki, with it's wooden church, suggest a vision of a remarkable country, molded by it's geographical features and it's varied and long history.. Finland found it's musical identity largely through the work of Jean Sibelius. The son of a doctor, Sibelius belonged to a class of which the culture and language was Swedish. He learned

one of the world's most legendary culinary competitions

"Nothing was as I'd remembered

The DVD features 2Cellos' massive YouTube hits

and Fabio Frizzi

in which the DIY ethic came to a head

' which has been singing in Japan from beginning of the 1900s

"Blueslike

most of which was recorded under producer Allen Toussaint's guidance for Joe Banashak's Minit and Instant labels

'BOY' takes the base elements of funk and fires them through a prism of influences - the hyper-produced studio pop of Todd Rundgren

and the canzonetta "Ridente la calma"

capital of an enormous diocese and of a principality within the Empire

and Takes As It's Chief Goal the Promotion of Works By Young Composers