As many events have had to do, The Great Escape has been forced to transfer its activities online this year due to ongoing restrictions around the pandemic. While we’ll miss being able to experience the weekend’s live music in person, we’re thrilled to announce that Ja Ja Ja will be hosting its very own online showcase as part of the event – so we hope that you’ll join us there on the 13/14 May! We’ve invited JADA (DK), Hjaltalín (IS), Tomi Saario (FI), Sarah Klang (SE) and VEPs (NO) to take part in our Ja Ja Ja showcase, which can be viewed for free by those that sign up to The Great Escape’s ..read more

After hosting 10 years of shows and more than 300 artist performances, it’s safe to say that Jesse Markin‘s set at our 10th anniversary show in London last year was one of the ones that we’ll remember forever. Having found his feet in music as a rapper with The Megaphone State, Jesse’s first foray into solo music-making saw this intriguing artist produce a collection of sumptuous, genre-defying tracks that made up his acclaimed debut album Folk, released in 2019. Singles such as ‘Treat’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Blood’ led him to the stages of Flow Festival, Eurosonic and Ja Ja Ja, as well as making him th ..read more

Today’s Ja Ja Ja Takeover host is an artist that we’ve been paying very close attention to over the past few years – ever since the release of her striking debut EP The Call back in 2017. SUAD is the artist in question, a rising Finnish talent that has spent the years since the EP release honing her craft and sound, and readying an eagerly anticipated debut album that’s pencilled to be released in November. Teasing the upcoming album release, SUAD has shared a vibrant new single called ‘Faces’ and joins us as the latest host in our Ja Ja Ja Takeover series! Read on as we catch up with SUAD to ..read more

Hailing from Espoo in Finland, and with a whole host of irresistible tracks to her name already, we’re very excited to introduce Olivera as today’s Ja Ja Ja Takeover host! Starting out by glistening under the radar back in 2015 with her debut EP release Flow, the past few years have seen multiple, unmissable releases from this rising artist. Her excellent EP Life is a Blooper Reel landed last year, and the prolific creator has already released two new singles in 2020 so far. We caught up with Olivera for an exclusive Spotlight Interview to find out more about her music making methods, and the ..read more

We’re so excited to introduce today’s Ja Ja Ja Takeover host: Finnish singer and musician Tomi Saario! And today’s the perfect day for Tomi to take over Ja Ja Ja, as he releases a much anticipated remix of his excellent latest single ‘Don’t hurt yourself’ into the world, expertly reworked by Dutch superstar DJ Deepend. We caught up with Tomi for an interview to get to know this exciting artist better, and to delve deep into his songwriting process. Read on to find out more – and make sure to follow @jajajanordic on Instagram, as Tomi’s taking charge of our account all day today! Spotlight Inte ..read more

We’ve been keeping a close eye on Karina for a long while now, having been captivated by their eponymous debut album which arrived in 2018. The record, captured in their native Finnish, opened a host of new doors for the Helsinki-based duo, who subsequently headed on the road throughout Europe with Beirut, perfecting a striking live set along the way. Today is a particularly special day for the band, as not only are they hosting today’s Ja Ja Ja Takeover, but they’ll also be performing a live streamed concert tonight (10th June) for the first time since the release of their brand new album, 2 ..read more

It all started with a single release back in 2015, and now here we are, 5 years later, with a finished, polished debut album from Helsinki’s feelwithcaps shimmering through our speakers! Weaving its way through various different themes while exploring a number of different sonic identities, the album has arrived in two parts – so we caught up with the band to find out more about its creation, how the future’s looking, and to delve into each of their music-making backgrounds. Read on to find out more, and make sure to join us on Instagram at @jajajanordic as feelwithcaps take the reins of our a ..read more

Summer has arrived! And although we might not be heading to the gigs, parties and festivals that we’d anticipated, music is still at your fingertips as artists throughout the Nordics beam live streamed gigs straight to your screen. Let’s have a look at what we can look forward to this month! If you’ve missed our previous editions of the Nordic Live Stream Gig, fear not – we’re archiving all of the performances as soon as they happen, so check out loads of amazing performances from April and May right here. NORDIC LIVE STREAM LIST: JUNE 2020 30 / 31 May 36h INGRID with Amason, GRANT, Icona Pop ..read more

We living in strange times when what suddenly felt like living in the upside down, has more or less become the new normal for many of us. We here at Ja Ja Ja hope you are well and we also have some great news for you! So of course, all gigs are currently postponed, but there is a light not just at the end of the tunnel, it’s lighting up the way too: Live streamed gigs from the super bright Nordic countries! We have put together this list of live streamed gigs with incredible artists, locations, lights, lives and energies. In short, the ultimate package to make us feel better and to actually at ..read more

It’s time for another Ja Ja Ja Takeover! While our shows are on hiatus until concerts are able to take place again, we’re inviting a bunch of the best new Nordic artists to take over Ja Ja Ja for a day – letting us in on histories, their recording secrets and inspirations, and sharing their antics throughout the day over on our Instagram account. Today, we’re thrilled to be joined by Helsinki outfit Pastis who have a brand new single out for your listening pleasure! Read on to get to know the band better, and check out ‘Stars & Marmalade’ via your favourite streaming service now… Spotlight ..read more