Wentus Blues Band - From The Barrell (2022)

Personnel:
Juho Kinaret: Vocals
Niko Riippa: Guitar
Robban Hagnäs: Bass
Pekka Gröhn: Keyboards
Daniel Hjerppe: Drums

Wentus Blues Band celebrates 35 years on the road 1986-2021.

This album was recorded and mixed 2004-2018 at different locations from Wentus to Woodstock.

While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi there is also a thriving blues scene in Scandinavia. In the heart of this Nordic blues explosion is the Wentus Blues Band from the town of Kokkola in central Finland. And while the pine studded wilderness of their homeland is about as far as you can get from the juke joints of the Deep South, there’s no doubt about their musical credentials.

Established in 1986, the band has acquired a reputation as the hardest working blues band in Scandinavia and they have played over 2.000 gigs around Europe. Wentus Blues Band has toured in fourteen countries, released seven albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen like Duke Robillard, Mick Taylor, Carey Bell and Louisiana Red, just to mention a few.