With the release of III – Candles & Beginnings, Auri are finally taking their show on the road. The unconventional Finnish/Yorkshire power trio of Tuomas Holopainen, Johanna Kurkela and Troy Donockley tell Prog about the lure of intimate shows, mysterious lyrics and the magic of music. Just don’t expect any Holopainen headbanging.
“That’s the thing that keeps me stoked up after doing music for 30 years: it’s still a big mystery to me,” says Tuomas Holopainen. III – Candles & Beginnings sees the return of Auri, the band featuring the Nightwish leader, his wife and vocalist Johanna Kurkela, and longtime bandmate Troy Donockley. By turns ethereal, earthy and always expansive, Auri’s latest album is steeped in the mysterious power of music.
