We just discovered this new album “Capital Letter” from talented singer-songwriter Ida Elina and we can’t get enough of it. It’s an amazing experience from start to finish and one of the best albums we’ve heard in months. It deserves more attention. Seriously!
The new album features 12-tracks that highlight the creative and delicate writing style of the artist. No matter what you are a fan of, Elina brings a beautiful variety of tastes and styles to her music that not only demands your attention but keeps you coming back for more. The unique atmosphere and professional production of the album will lift your mood and leave you stuck on constant repeat for days. The minute we heard Elina’s voice we fell in love with it and couldn’t get it out of our heads. She has one of the purest and most charming voices we’ve ever heard and her performance on this album is on another level. Elina’s instrumentation and lyrics are beautifully catchy and easy to listen to. Her songwriting ability is impressive and her melodies are captivating. She plays with a range of instrumentals that you can’t help but fall in love with.
Ida Elina has such a beautiful and catchy vocal style and her new album is one of the more promising projects we’ve heard in a while. I think it’s safe to say Ida Elina is setting herself up for something truly amazing. Go ahead and check out the album for yourself and let us know what you think. Don’t forget to follow Ida Elina online to stay up to date on any upcoming releases!
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Youtube-phenomenon, singer-songwriter and pop kantele diva, Ida Elina, is an international touring artist, Evento Awards Performer of the Year, Kantele of the Year, and the winner of the 1st International Kantele Competition.
Trained as a classical musician Ida Elina discovered her unique way of playing her instrument by watching YouTube slap-guitar players and “now her popcovers have revolutionized the way we understand kantele music” (Helsingin Sanomat).
As a concert artist, Ida Elina has performed in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong from the Finland 100 years celebrations. She also has toured USA, Germany and Japan, performed at the Chelsea Flower Show in London and at the Nordic Business Forum in Helsinki and performed in Belgium, France and Canada just to name a few. She tours regularly in Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries and is heading to South Korea and Central Europe in the Autumn 2022 and to Japan in Spring 2023.
Over the years, Ida Elina has performed to the Presidents of Finland, the President and First Lady, Sauli Niinistö and Jenni Haukio, the president and nobelist Martti Ahtisaari and the president Tarja Halonen, as well as to the diplomats in several countries. She has performed with the Grammy winner John Lloyd Young, appeared on several Finnish tv-broadcasts and on numerous Finnish journals and magazines.
Ida Elina has published 4 albums, Game of My Life (2018), Hello world (2015), Valoisaa Joulua Bright Christmas (2016) and Songs of Freedom (2012) that include her original songs and remain fan-favourites with several songs from the albums requested at each of her live performances. Her original songs from the album are also regurlarly aired on Finnish radios. Her newest album Capital Letters will be released at the end of August 2022.
Ida Elina has published her self titled biography Ida Elina – Popkanteletar (transl. Pop kantele Diva) in the Spiring 2022 through the publisher Readme.
A resident of Espoo albeit born and raised in Northern Ostrobothia, Oulainen, Ida Elina was educated at Sibelius-Academy and in Japan at the Hokkaido University of Education. She sings in several languages, including Mandarin, Japanese and French. Besides performing Ida Elina also teaches her percussive playing style to the kantele players in Finland and abroad in her master classes. She is a passionate runner and a multiple Oulainen city champion in 800 meters.
