Fonal Rec.
Ville Leinonen : Ville Leinonen : Suudelmitar (FIN,2007)***°
Basically, Ville Leinonen is a singer-songwriter, who he evolved with this new album into so arranged music ; it this is now more about the music feeling, more than song music demanding textual understanding. Villy tried to capture here, in music something of the common ground feeling for warm tunes, which, like breezes of inspiration, are understood and adapted easily. I hear slight Latin/Cuban (rhythm)/Mexican (trumpets)/Indian (sitar,tabla use), flamenco (guitar) and even Greek (mandolin) flavours of inspirational dew into the songs. Some basics are troubadour or songs with acoustic guitars (guitars which can be rather strummed and still feel orchestrated and melody driven), and are never without thoughtful layers of arrangements. A female second vocalist or flutes or tiny bits of jazzy ideas bring the same kinds of joyful breezes.
