Anni Pohto
Featured
05-02-2021
"My voice, my piano, my beats." The foundation of Anni Pohto's music is built on layers of old school songwriting, 90s hip hop, and a dash of 21st century pop music. Being titled as "the female Jack Garratt" and "the Nordic Alicia Keys", her impeccable musical talent and breeze of good vibes make her a true Northern Star.
Anni Pohto's fresh combination of the Nordic aesthetics and love for the East Coast is rooted in her childhood in Finland and her life in New York and Boston. While working as a songwriter for other artists and struggling in the maze of the local music industry, Anni found herself both as a Berklee College of Music scholar and Master of Global Political Science to-be. Those experiences made it impossible for her to fit in the mold anymore.
Her EP 'Redemption Street' sprang Anni into the national spotlight with 'Stains' being chosen as the song of the week at YleX radio. This, together with her prior collaboration with the acclaimed Finnish rapper, Pyhimys, co-writing and co-producing his album Medium, cast the foundation of Anni's career.
Now, Anni's highly anticipated album will be released throughout the winter and spring of 2020–2021. Written during the last three years in several places in Finland, Central Europe, Africa, and the US, it truly proves the meaning of music as a global language. Just as her name Anni (pronounced like "sunny" without the S), and Pohto being her ancestral last name – her album is a wakeup call for people to realize their own powers. The album dives deep into our roots and ancient mythologies while resonating with everything that's going on in the world right now. According to her, there is always a new dawn. And that's exactly what Anni Pohto's music is about: healing, grit, and empowerment.