Elonkerjuu is a Finnish folk rock band. Lauri Tähkä founded the band in the mid-1990s and it was known from 1994 until 2011 as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu. They were signed since 2006 with Universal Music Finland. In 2011 Lauri Tähkä left the band and started his solo career. The band shortened their name to the current form. In 2012 Juha Lagström was chosen as the new lead singer. The current singer is Osku Ketola, who has been in the band since 2017.
Lauri Tähkä and Elonkerjuu
Lauri Tähkä with Elonkerjuu in 2008
During the first years, the band based its songs on traditional music from Southern Ostrobothnia. Later Lauri Tähkä composed their songs and wrote the lyrics.
Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu 2006 album Maailma on renki went platinum. The next album, Tuhannen riemua got a gold record on the date of its publication, and double platinum in ten weeks. Until early 2008, that album has sold over 80,000 copies.
Elonkerjuu
In March 2011 the singer Lauri Tähkä left the band and started solo career as the Lauri Tähkä.[1] Later the rest of the band announced that they will continue under the name Elonkerjuu and in January 2012 Juha Lagström was chosen as their new vocalist.[2] Johanna Koivu left the band on 2017 and Osku Ketola entered as a lead singer and a violinist.[3][4]
The band's bassist, Antero Naali, died on 29 December 2023, at the age of 53.[5][6]
