Petteri Sariola

Artist, Producer

Finland

About me

Petteri Sariola (1984) is a fingerstyle virtuoso and a singer-songwriter. He's known for his fierce live performances, beautiful songwriting and percussive approach on the acoustic guitar. He picked up the six string at the age of 7, but after countless non-functional bands he ended up developing a style of his own, covering all the sounds of a full band on a steel-string acoustic while singing his heart out. No loops, no backing tracks. Sariola has released four solo albums, played almost a thousand shows touring solo around Europe, USA and Japan, and reached millions of viewers on YouTube.

He has been awarded with Nokia Young Talent scholarship, Honorary Prize in the Helsinki Funk Awards, City Magazine Guitarist of the year and as the cover article of Akustik Gitarre, the biggest acoustic guitar magazine of Europe.

Sariola has opened concerts for Tori Amos (USA), Andy McKee (USA) and Rodrigo Y Gabriela (MEX), and collaborated with Doug Wimbish (Madonna, Living Colour), Jon Gomm (UK), Mike Dawes (UK), Elastinen (FI), Rajaton (FI), Don Johnson Big Band (FI), Felix Zenger (James Brown, N.E.R.D.), Osmo Ikonen (Sunrise Avenue), just to mention a few. As a session musician Sariola has played on 400 songs and the songs he has worked on as a co-writer have got over 5 million streams.

Music styles

  • hiphop
  • acoustic
  • fingerstyle
  • pop
  • rock
  • house
  • french house
  • edm
  • disco

Credits

Worked on:

  • Petteri Sariola
  • Idän Ihmeet
  • Pianomies
  • Gracias X JTT
  • Kiven Juurilla
  • Miami

Studio

Boutique mics, vintage instruments and analog hardware.

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