BORN IN 1976 IN KUOPIO, FINLAND, ERJA LYYTINEN HAS BUILT ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CAREERS IN THE EUROPEAN BLUES SCENE. SINCE 2000, THIS GUITARIST, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE, STEADILY RISING TO A POSITION THAT HAS MADE HER ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND ENDURING FEMALE FIGURES IN THE BLUES SCENE ACROSS THE CONTINENT. A MASTER OF SLIDE GUITAR, LYYTINEN POSSESSES ALL THE QUALITIES REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A DISTINCTIVE AND UNMISTAKABLY PERSONAL STYLE IN THE CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX WORLD OF BLUES MUSIC. OVER THE PAST QUARTER-CENTURY, SHE HAS RELEASED TWENTY ALBUMS, SEVEN OF THEM RECORDED LIVE, UNDERSCORING THE FACT THAT HER TRUE STRENGTH AS A PERFORMER COMES TO THE FORE WHEN SHE TAKES THE STAGE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE. HER TALENT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND HER BRILLIANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS AS A GUITARIST. AS A SONGWRITER, SHE PROVES EQUALLY INSPIRED, IMAGINATIVE, AND FORCEFUL. THIS IS AUTHENTIC BLUES ROCK, INFUSED WITH RESTRAINT AND A STRONG SENSE OF MUSICAL LOGIC. LYYTINEN’S MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE ALLOWS HER TO DRAW ON SOPHISTICATED, TIME-HONORED TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED IMPACT WITHOUT FALLING INTO UNNECESSARY CLICHÉS. AT 50, SHE IS AT THE PEAK OF HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER, BACKED BY AN UNQUESTIONABLE TRACK RECORD THAT HAS ESTABLISHED HER AS AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE POINT IN CONTEMPORARY BLUES, IN THE INCREASINGLY GLOBALIZED MUSICAL LANDSCAPE IN WHICH WE ALL FIND OURSELVES.