|  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | Bio of the Artist | Finnish handicraft - pop/rock band Paddington delivers music that is genuine. With listener-friendly melodies, dirty guitars and punchy analogue synthesizers, Paddington takes the listener on a journey from the retro 70s to the freshness of today.
Along with the mission to make music with a positvie energy and an elevating spirit, Paddington wants also to reach its audience on deeper level.
Through lyrics that deal with everday-life experiences, from the point of view of a Christian, the band wishes to give the listeners a glimpse of hope.
The band which started in 1997, has during the years toured festivals in Finland and Sweden. In April 2002, Paddington appeared at the annual Lumen festival in Slovakia. In November 2001, Paddington played at the “Maata N?kyviss?”
festival in Turku, Finland – the biggest Christian music festival in the Nordic countries. Since then the band has visited several high profile festivals in Finland.
In November 2000, the band reached the final in a music competition during the Rock The Globe event in the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
In July 2003 the band visited “Sk?rg?rds music & mission festival” in
Norway. The festival is among bigggest in the Nordic countries.
In March 2006 the band performed at the Promikon-Messe 2006 in Mannheim, Germany. In February 2007 the band perfromed in Giessen, Germany, on the Promikon music fare.
During the years Paddington has also done appearances on television. In 1998, a music video was produced for the Finnish Broadcasting company YLE. In the year of 2000 the band performed live in TV at the "Gospel Countdown" concert. In 2003 Paddington played live in studon at the talkshow Magnet, produced by YLE. | | |
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