Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha - Heroes of life

We come from Lapland, from small towns called Salla, Inari and Rovaniemi. Our music is a specialty marinated in many soups. In it, you may hear echos from Balkan gypsy music, romances and old Finnish humppa. Our band consists of vocal, trumpet, bouzouki, accordion, double bass and drums. The songs are mainly our own compositions, with love and it´s bitter beauty as a main theme in lyrics, including other key elements of life, like mortality, the deceptive glow of memories, the swaying earthly happiness and the inexorable vanity of our ambitions. Joy and sorrow are engaged in our melodies and rhythms, just like in life itself.

Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha was established in 2009 after which we have been touring hard around Finland from very northern Lapland to Helsinki. Neither have we forgotten the foreigners. On the contrary, we have visited many times the Baltic and Scandinavian countries as well as Germany. During the year 2010 only we did 80 gigs. We have played in big festivals with thousands of listeners as well as in shabby little pubs, in culture houses, in a living room, on streets, at weddings and in clubs. And always our music has won the hearts of lovers and dancers!

News

24.4..2012

Greetings from the road!

Our record release tour has taken us around Finland, Lapland, Häme, Kainuu, Ostrobotnia and everywhere. And it has been great times and meeting great people. Also we were at Baltia, which was also unforgettable experience for the parts that can be remembered.

'Yö Rovaniemellä' has been received well by the Finnish critics, here is some sample reviews you can try to read with help of your Finnish friends:

Desibeli.net
Jyväskylän ylioppilaslehti (page 16)
Sue (page 44)
Intiim

Jazzrytmit
Nuorgam
Keskisuomalainen
Lapin Kansa

And the adventure continues. See you on Vappu Monday at Balkan Fever Helsinki 3 Years Mega-party. Also some abroad dates should be published soon!

14.3.2012

Lucky Star!

Official video of the song Onnentähti is released! Our tribute to the Japan's gift to Finnish cultural life: karaoke!



Video was made by the great people of Flatlight Films! Also our thanks to all the extras for their participation on the video!

12.3.2012

Listen before buying!

Our second album 'You can listen our second album for one week before it's release from the Record Shop X. Also you can make your preorder, shipping world wide!

Before our record release party on Saturday, we'll drive around Helsinki with our own tram! Around 5 - 7 pm! More information about the stops and timetables later, stay tuned!

1.3.2012

Night at Rovaniemi!

Our second album 'Yö Rovaniemellä' (Night at Rovaniemi), will be published in few weeks. You can see the beautiful cover and make your pre-order from Record Shop X.

There will be big party in Helsinki with Tusovka organization and club Balkan Fever Helsinki. Bors and pelmeny will be served, and the Helsinki's finest Balkan DJ's DJ Borzin and DJ Levy will serve you some hot Balkan grooves after our gig. Also we have a special guest from Belarussia, Morfe', also celebrating their record release! Great Party!

20.12.2011

Champagne competition!

New competition to celebrate Christmas, good gigs of the year 2011, champagne, Nieppi and everything! Recognize or guess from the following picture where Nieppi is opening a bottle of champagne. We can tell that picture was taken during our adventures this year, so you can try to check out some inspiration from our gigs-section.

Of the right answers we will randomly take one lucky winner, and he or she will be sent Balkan Fever Helsinki CD with Väärä Raha t-shirt. You will have one week time to answer, so 27th is the deadline! People who came or left the place with Väärä Raha or gave us the champagne are unfortunately forbidden to answer! Send your answers to following address: kilpailu@mrjaakko.com

Listen Malja elämälle (Toast for life), a new song from the forthcoming second album 'Yö Rovaniemellä' (Night at Rovaniemi)! Also included on the Balkan Fever Helsinki compilation!

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12.12.2011

Get your Balkan Fever CD now!

Order your Balkan Fever Helsinki compilation from Record Shop X here!

And listen Balkan Beat Party winter 2011 mix from DJ Prinsen Paulista! Some Lapland-Balkan included!

29.11.2011

See you in Lapland!

Balkan Fever Helsinki compilation released. It includes a song, Malja elämälle, from our forthcoming 'Yö Rovaniemellä' (Night at Rovaniemi) album. To celebrate that and other things in life we'll tour around Lapland this weekend. See You there!

12.10.2011

Väärä Raha Competition!

Participate our competition by answering the question: which magazine is Marko “Roibba Make” Roininen reading in our tour bus in Saippuakupla video below? Send your answer and name by email to kilpailu@mrjaakko.com. You have time until Sat 22.10, 4 pm. Among those who have answered correct, four prizes will be raffled: 1) T-shirt + vinyl single 2) T-shirt + album 3) T-shirt + free entrance to a VR-gig of your choice 4) T-shirt + compilation album. The toss will be held on 22.10 in Vakiopaine, Jyväskylä during Väärä Raha gig at 11 pm. You may hear the toss and the whole gig live from Radio Hear (internet radio http://www.hear.fi/). The winner will also be contacted through email.

Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha - Saippuakupla

11.10.2011

Welcome to the new website of Väärä Raha!

Tomorrow we will publish a competition. Remember to tell about this to your friends and relatives so that your winning chances decrease!