Mimmit “Hoikka“

Mimmit is a Finnish duo consisting of Pauliina Lerche (vocals, accordion, kantele) and her younger sister Hannamari Luukanen (vocals, fiddle) from Rääkkylä near the Russian border in eastern Finland, plus a backing band. The music is joyful and infectious, seems somewhat simple but indeed it is not. Old Karelian sounds freely mix with contemporary world and roots music and lyrics from mythical Finnish folk tales (all the lyrics had been written by Pauliina).