Genres Folk rock Genre Folk rock Members Lauri Tähkä, Simo Ralli | Past members Lauri Tähkä Origin Teuva, Finland (1995) | |
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Years active 1995–2011 (with Lauri Tähkä as lead)
2011–present (with Juha Lagström as lead) Labels Universal Music Oy (2006–2011) Website lauritahka.com elonkerjuu.com Albums Tuhannen riemua, Tänään ei huomista murehdita, Maailma on renki, Syntymähäjyt, Ilon pirstaleet Profiles | ||
Elonkerjuu is a Finnish folk rock band. Starting 2011, Juha Lagström is lead singer of the band. With the new name, they signed with Sony Music Entertainment. The band had started in the mid-1990s, with lead singer Lauri Tähkä and was known from 1996 until 2011 as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu. They were signed since 2006 with Universal Music Finland.
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Lauri Tähkä and Elonkerjuu
During the first years, the band based its songs on traditional music from Southern Ostrobothnia. Later, they started to write the lyrics by themselves, but the themes are still connected to rural life and the language used is Southern Ostrobothnian dialect.
Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu 2006 album Maailma on renki went platinum. The next album, Tuhannen riemua got a gold record on the date of its publication, and double platinum in ten weeks. Until early 2008, that album has sold over 80,000 copies.
Elonkerjuu
In March 2011 the singer Lauri Tähkä announced that the band's career is over. Later the rest of the band announced that they will continue under the name Elonkerjuu and in January 2012 Juha Lagström was chosen as their new vocalist.
Albums
Singles
(Charting in The Official Finnish Charts)
DVDs
Videos
Songs
SuudellaanTänään ei huomista murehdita · 2009
Viistäköön siipeni maataIlon pirstaleet · 2012
Maailma on renkiMaailma on renki · 2006