Trad & Anger

"Folk, direkt und ungeschliffen, mit Wut im Bauch auf Krieg, Diskriminierung und Ungerechtigkeit."
(nordbayern.de)

"Trad & Anger is exactly what it says on the tin. It's full of venom, concise, clear and pulls no punches, exactly how a proper folk album should sound."
(Fatea Magazine, UK)

"Dieser Folk Noir, der uns mit “Trad & Anger” dargeboten wird, verdient seinen Namen ohne jede Frage. Hier wird es nicht verträumt-angetrunken, hier wird es dunkel und auch angepisst. Und dennoch gelingt es MÄKKELÄ, das Licht im Herzen nicht ausgehen zu lassen."
(blueprint-fanzine.de)

Trad folk, protest & labour songs as performed by Mäkkelä. An in-between album.

The album is a limited run of 300 numbered copies, website-only, CD release. Packaging: cardboard jacket (red print on white recycling cardboard), 10-page booklet & "Trad & Anger" sticker, all in brown, hand stamped paper envelope, each with a distinct, exotic mail stamp from either a country vanished from the face of the earth or a dead dictator. Or both. For a copy in autographed envelope with inscription of your choice please follow the link on top right of this website.

Tracklist

1) Wayfaring Stranger (Trad./Arr. Mäkkelä)

2) Ship Repairing Men (Harry Robertson)

3) They're Keeping A File On Me (Mithra Cox)

4) For God & Country (Mäkkelä)

5) Clowns (Mäkkelä)

6) Lily Of The West (Trad./Arr. Mäkkelä)

7) If The Flu Ain't Gonna Kill You (Mäkkelä)

8) And The Band Played Played Waltzing Matilda - live in Basque Country (Eric Bogle)

9) Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan)