Live concert | Gaedlin, Hugh Sheehan
Global club nights is a networking and informative club series in collaboration with Caisa Cultural Center, Helsinki Open Waves web radio, and the Global Music Department of Sibelius Academy that aims to bring together all parties involved with music. With live music, seminars, and workshops, the events attempt to create bridges between musicians, event producers, agents, venues, and music lovers, bringing down barriers and creating a safe and creative environment of free expression. In a celebration of diversity, using the tools of intercultural collaboration and specialized knowledge, we provide the possibility of a neutral and safe space for sharing and exchange of knowledge, information, wishes, and insights on the music industry in Finland, both on the part of the musician and from the business side, while most importantly, sharing it with the community.
In this live concert, we are very honoured to host two incredible music groups: Gaedlin, Hugh Sheehan
Gædlin
In the liminal spaces that lie between countries, eras, and genres stand Gædlin, a new Helsinki-based Global Folk ensemble. Hailing from the USA, Finland, and the Netherlands, respectively, and featuring a creative assortment of instruments, this unlikely quartet weaves a mercurial combination of original folk songs, swinging dance tunes, darkly storied ballads, and traditional pieces from around the world.
Hugh Sheehan is a musician—multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer—from Birmingham, now based between the UK and Finland.
Hugh Sheehan: Shapes That Are Different
Shapes That Are Different is a collection of folk songs that contemplates shame, desire, and queer selfhoods. “Composed, Produced, Performed, and Engineered by myself, the record calls into question many of the conflicts inherent to queerness.”
Credits
Producers & Hosts: Chico Matada & Vasileios Katopodis
Guests: Gaedlin, Hugh Sheehan
Live sound: Trieu Vu Hung (Jimmy)
Live Lights: Tony Leskinen
Live Sound recording, editing and live streaming: Bailey Polkinghorne
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