“Driving To Tuscaloosa” is the second solo album by a Finnish guitarist and singer/songwriter Antti Kajander.
Released in June 2021 as a “covid project,” the bluesy Country/Americana album has had great reviews among the press and fans.
The singles “I’m Doin’ All Right” and “Swing It Baby” were featured in the biggest Country music weekly show, “the Country Doctor” in Radio Finland, while the entire album earned numerous plays in the Helsinki area indie radio station, “Roll FM.”
The album is made of eight tracks written and performed by Antti Kajander. He recorded and played all the instruments, mixed and produced the whole album and is also responsible for the cover art. Therefore, one could call “Driving To Tuscaloosa” a true solo-album.
Recorded between October and December 2020, the album features Julia Vuorinen as a backing vocalist on two tracks and all the tracks were mastered by Petri Majuri at E-Studio.
As the world is opening, Kajander is promoting the album by touring heavily in Finland and later on elsewhere in Europe and America.
Bio
Antti Kajander is a singer-songwriter and an energetic performer known for his guitar chops and down to earth vocal tone.
The last years Kajander has toured excessively as a solo artist and with his band, The Spanish Castle, in his native country Finland and also in Norway, Spain, Germany and the UK.
Having lived in Finland, USA and the UK, Kajander has been involved in dozens of projects as a musician and as an artist. Some of his highlights include a role as a solo guitarist in the world premiere for a stage version of The Who’s rock opera, “Quadrophenia” in Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre. Kajander was also a member of the “Jazz Ensemble” led by the legendary free jazz pianist, Keith Tippett, and their iconic performances included a show in the Brecon Jazz Festival opening for the Jools Holland Big Band.
Lately, Kajander has conducted and arranged three musicals for Lohja Theatre in Finland, while also performing in each of them.
As for recorded music, Kajander’s first solo album “Kitara Soi” released 2017, featured seven tracks in Finnish and has now sold over 300 cd-copies and earned over 100,000 Spotify streams.
Kajander’s first band, the prog rock machine, “Idle Wolf,” released two EP’s and their self-titled LP was introduced to public in 2013.
Kajander’s current funky blues rock trio, The Spanish Castle, released their self-titled EP in 2019 and their first album is due in February 2022 to support their upcoming European tour.
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