Erja Lyytinen
- January 10, 2024
- Singer
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Erja Lyytinen Biography
| Name | Erja Lyytinen |
| Birthday | Jul 7 |
| Birth Year | 1976 |
| Place Of Birth | Kuopio |
| Birth Country | Finland |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Parents | Matti Lyytinen, Marja-Anneli Lyytinen |
Erja Lyytinen is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on July 7, 1976 in Kuopio, Finland. Erja Lyytinen (born July 7th 1976, Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish singer, guitarist and songwriter.
At the time, Lyytinen was balancing travelling and studying at Sibelius Academy. Sibelius Academy. In 2003, she decided to go back to the Sibelius Academy. she studied at a foreign institution in Denmark. In the Kobenhavn Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium she learned along with Paul Banks, jazz guitarist Jacob Ficher, singer Etta Cameron, and the guitarist Billy Cross, who had performed alongside Bob Dylan.
Thomas Ruf from the German Ruf Records label brought his Blues Caravan tour to Finland in 2005. There Lyytinen got to jam with female blues artists Candye Kane, Ana Popovic and Sue Foley, who at the time had contracts with Ruf Records. After that Thomas Ruf offered a record deal to Erja Lyytinen which lead to recording her international debut album, Pilgrimage. The album was recorded in Memphis and Mississippi with two other artists, Aynsley Lister and Ian Parker.
In 2006 Lyytinen had a chance to record her next album Dreamland Blues in Oxford, Mississippi with local musicians. On this record, her playing is more slide guitar-oriented than on earlier albums. In Finland, the album was picked as the “Album of the Year” by Bluesministeri (The Bluesminister) radio show, which was broadcast on YLE (Finnish public service media company). In the same year, Lyytinen also toured with the Blues Caravan.
At the beginning of March 2003 Lyytinen received a grant to go to an educational program at Musician’s Institute of Technology in Los Angeles. The school allowed her to learn from Scott Henderson, who has been a member of Chick Corea’s Electric Band, and with Keith Wyatt who, according to her, gave incredible lectures on the history of blues.
Erja Lyytinen Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Singer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Erja Lyytinen is one of the richest Singer from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Erja Lyytinen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Through 1997 Erja Lyytinen spent the year in Sweden studying at Malmo Musikhogskolan as an exchange student. Following that, she relocated into Finland to pursue a degree in the field of music at Sibelius Academy. At the time , she was the first woman to take up the electric guitar in a class in the specific syllabus.
On the 10th of November 2002, Lyytinen was opening on behalf of Robert Plant, the former vocalist from Led Zeppelin. She has said that the concert was one of her favorite memories of a concert.
Erja Lyytinen was the only Finnish act to perform at the 2003 edition of Puistoblues where she played on the mainstage. The aforementioned event being the biggest blues festival in Finland. Her second album Wildflower was released at the festival. The artists of Koko Taylor and Bonnie Raittalso performed at the same concert, and Erja Lyytinen had the chance to meet the latter.
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Throughout 2011 Erja Lyytinen toured extensively in Britain. The tour consisted of 11 shows around the country. She also made an appearance on the distinguished Blues Show with Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2 where she performed the songs “Don’t Let a Good Woman Down”, “Oil and Water”, and the Blind Willie Nelson cover “The Soul of a Man”. At the time the line-up for the band was: Roger Inniss (bass), Miri Miettinen (drums) and Davide Floreno (guitar).
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Erja Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Erja Lyytinen celebrates birthday on July 7 of every year.
The album Forbidden Fruit was released in 2013. The songs “Joyful Misery” and ”At Least We Still Fight” were written in collaboration with Alan Darby, who has performed with Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney and wrote music for Bonnie Raitt.