From The Artist

Tarja

For nearly a decade prior to her own personal artistic reincarnation, Tarja Turunen emerged as a definitive voice and a pioneering purveyor of symphonic metal. As a classically-trained, multi-range soprano, Tarja soared as the fronting songstress of Finnish powerhouse, Nightwish. What was the catalyst that drove you to begin going through your catalog to compile a best of compilation? My latest In the Raw album happens to be the most personal album in my career, because I wrote the lyrics for it right after having a stroke. Recovering from it and after touring with the album, I decided it was...