Referred to as the
Finnish Woody Guthrie, Salomaa's songs portrayed the immigrant experience of working-class
Finns. Between 1927 and 1931 Salomaa recorded eighteen sides for
Columbia Records. Since the 1970s, Hiski Salomaa's recordings have been reissued in both analog and digital formats. In 1992 his song "Värssyjä sieltä ja täältä" (Verses from Here and There) was published in
Mel Bay’s Immigrant Songbook, an
American songbook with lyrics in both
Finnish and
English. ==References==