Kiitos & thank you to all of you out there
whom we met on this long tour across Germany. It’s been a pleasant one in all kind of ways. Travelling with Nightbird was a great thing (as it always is) and this time we were not completely buggered in the end. Next joint tour is going to happen in fall 2025. We’ll let you know!
The Très Biens
Are going to set out for a short Italian stint tomorrow (30 April 24) with The Très Biens. A thing that hasn’t happened before. I’m quite excited and looking forward to whatever is coming…
30.04.24 I - Trento, Bar Funivia 2.0 (The Très Biens)
01.05.24 I - Pesaro, Bagni Elsa No. 3 (The Très Biens)
03.05.24 I - Cerea, Baghetti Rosa (The Très Biens)
04.05.24 I - Treviso, tbc. (The Très Biens)
10.05.24 D - Wildes Werk, Niddawitzhausen (Mäkkelä solo)
18.05.24 CZ - Semanovice, Nostalgicka Mys (Mäkkelä feat. Pavel Cingl)
19.05.24 CZ - Praha, Střelecký ostrov (Mäkkelä feat. Pavel Cingl)
25.05.24 D - Berlin, Revolte Bar (Mäkkelä solo)
01.06.24 D - Gössmannsreuth, Göss Open Air (Mäkkelä solo)
13.07.24 D - Nürnberg, Wolfsgarten (Mäkkelä solo)
27.07.24 D - Nürnberg, Bardentreffen, Bühne Lorenzer Platz
to be updated…
New Album
Work on the new album is slowly proceeding whenever there is a gap in the touring schedule. So in fact very slowly. A first glimpse on what’s coming you will get on Thursday 4 April (20.00 h / 8:00pm CET) on local Nuremberg alternative radio station Radio Z. Andreas Basner interviewed me and will play some new material including Nightbird’s latest single. Listen on air if you’re somewhere near or check out their stream.
Biel & Haute-Savoie, Oct 2023
Here are some lovely shots from Patrick Principe who came to see my show at Café du Commerce in Biel, Switzerland. Have a look here, on his website.
News from the merch desk
Starting with the upcoming shows in Norway in March I’ll be able to accept contactless/card payment at the merch desk. Will have the last copies of the "Single Of The Year" released by Hiljaiset Levyt in Tampere/FIN with me which I was lucky enough to get hold of. All full-length vinyls are in stock and will be available at the gigs, same goes for the “Fire/Water” single and the “Dog & Typewriter” CD.
Stupid & Innocent Years
Recorded this song with violinist Pavel Cingl in Svárov, Czech Republic with some minor adjustments and the final mix done in Nuremberg. I like the song a lot and I’m very, very glad EgoTherapie of Nuremberg made a wonderful little animated video for it. The only release that happened in 2023.
Gig review (in German) of our tour show at Dreikönigskeller Frankfurt/M
One more about “Dog & Typewriter”
Unexpectedly a late but nonetheless amazing review of “Dog & Typewriter” came in. Peter Gruner wrote it for the German daily newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten. As it’s been only in the print issue you have to read the scan here… Worthwhile. Cheers Peter!
Some reviews of “Trad & Anger”
Remembering that whole somewhat difficult process of making it feels good to read these. Seems like it was all worthwhile. German ones on Nordbayern.de, Ox Fanzine and blueprint-fanzine.de and an English one in Fatea Magazine.
Some video links
German national TV programme "Quer" about Artists prosecuted unjustly for attempted subsidy fraud.
Mäkkelä with Folk’s Worst Nightmare - Loni-Übler Haus March 2022
Mäkkelä live at Loft LoFi, March 2021
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