Group

Auri

Finnish trio

From: Finland
Since: 2011–present
Releases: 7

folk
progressive folk

About

Auri is a Finnish progressive folk band composed of vocalist and violinist Johanna Kurkela, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen (her husband), and guitarist and pipe player Troy Donockley. Holopainen and Donockley are also members of the band Nightwish. Their self-titled first album, Auri, was released on March 23, 2018 and was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.

Holopainen described Auri's style as "rabbit hole music and celestial metal" with "influences from folk music, Celtic music, [and] soundtracks". British rock magazine Prog describes the band as prog folk. The band's name is based on a female character from The Kingkiller Chronicle.

From Auri (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Troy Donockley now · original member acoustic guitar, bodhrán, bouzouki, electric guitar, keyboard, lead vocals, low whistle, uilleann pipes
Tuomas Holopainen now · original member background vocals, keyboard
Johanna Kurkela now · original member lead vocals, viola