Welcome to Homeward Records site. HwR is an independent boutique label concentrating on personal artists who have international potential.
We are located in Helsinki, Finland - operating worldwide. 
NEWS:
9.9..2011
WSOYpro/Docendo publishing, Hannu Lepisto and Homeward Records Oy celebrate the release of Olli Pirhonen's book & DVD "Maailman Valloittajat" (Veikka Gustafsson, Thomas Johanson, Timothy Kopra) with a free mp3 giveaway! For a limited time, you can download the title track of the DVD. To get your copy of "Conquerors Of The World" (by Hannu Lepisto), please click here: http://www.docendo.fi/media/Conquerors_Of_The_World.mp3
The book & DVD are being released on September 15th. The release’s after party will be held the same day at Ravintolalaiva Wäiski, Helsinki, during Hannu and his great new band’s gig. Doors open at 19.00 and the show starts 21.30. SUPER surprise also at the gig!
You can find info and trailer about the book&dvd here (in Finnish) @ http://www.docendo.fi/tuote/951-0-37663-9
And the dvd of the book is in English - so pre-order Your copy now!
Press release in Finnish:
PRESS RELEASE 06092011
7.6.2011
HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!
Hannu is now #1 on The Radio Cafe ReverbNation Indie Countdown! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Please keep voting for Hannu!! http://lnk.ms/N7rsJ
17.5.2011
Hannu is now Number. 7 on "The Radio Cafe ReverbNation Indie Music Countdown"! You can vote Hannu here http://soc.li/E8fSHPH
9.4.2011
Check out Shaz’s interview with ”Finland’s Hannu” @ great Inclinationonline.com
http://www.inclinationonline.com/interviews.htm
8.4.2011
"Run Away With Me" EP - Out Now in iTunes and cdbaby!
4.4.2011
Hannu is featured artist @ great rockin’ Sixx Promotion!
http://www.sixxpromotion.com/FeaturedHannuLepisto.htm
19.3.2011
Hannu is featured artist @ http://arenacast.randrworld.com/2011/03/featured-artist-inteview-hannu-lepisto.html Check the interview as well!
2.3.2011
”WILD GIRL”
-New Song And Video-
"Wild Girl" is the Final version of the song.
"Run Away With Me" - EP is finally really soon to be ready to be released. Due to many many many fantastic questions and messages about posting more songs - we decided to release yet another pre-release from the forhcoming EP.
Unlike "Run Away With Me" in Myspace and Youtube - "Wild Girl" is the Final version of the song. Please have a listen, share (grab some cool widgets from Hannu’s reverbnation site) and buy. Ringtones now also available!
28.2.2011
Official Hannu Reverbnation Store Now Open! Shirts and store designed by magnificent German artist and painter Jutta Gabriel.
27.1.2011
Hannu Lepisto has been on front page of myspace for many weeks (at least here in Finland) and does rocket rising in Reverbnation: Now he is number 89 on ReverbNation Alternative charts Globally and 1.in Fi Alternative. and 5.in All genres in Finland!
Global(all genres):1552(+94) And all this with one song!
Take a look what others are saying of ”There Is Angel For Everyone”: - You can find the single in iTunes!
3.1.2011
Hannu Lepisto - creating huge buzz - topping so high as Nr. 2 in Reverbnation’s HOT Alternative artists Globally. And Hannu is Nr. 2 Of Alternative artists in Finland. And number 13 in all categories in Finland!
Check Hannu’s profile here @
1.1.2011
Happy New Year Everyone!
12.12.2010
Hannu Lepisto
Interview - No.1 in the German and Finnish myspace blog music category!!! And No.1 in all categories in Finland and No.3 in all cats. in Germany!! -12th of December
Interview...No.16.one world.let's talk about.Interview with Hannu Lepisto by Jutta Gabriel http://lnk.ms/GFdWX
10.12.2010
Hannu Lepisto’s
”There Is An Angel For Everyone”-single
OUT NOW in iTunes as a pre-release of the forthcoming ”Run Away With Me” - EP! GET YOURS NOW!
"There Is An Angel For Everyone"
Music: Hannu Lepistö
Lyrics: Hannu Lepistö
Arrangement: Hannu Lepistö / Petteri Mård / Michael Blair / Ulf Rockis Ivarsson
Hannu Lepistö: vocals, acoustic guitar
Michael Blair: pump organs
Ulf Rockis Ivarsson: slide guitar
Produced by: Michael Blair, Ulf "Rockis" Ivarsson, Hannu Lepistö, and Petteri Mård
Mixed by: Ollie Olson, Ulf "Rockis" Ivarsson and Michael Blair
Recorded by: Ulf Rockis Ivarsson and Petteri Mård
Recorded at BUC Centre of Sound (Stockholm, Sweden) and Mård Studio (Helsinki, Finland)
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, (New York City, U.S.A.)
Executive producer Michael Blair and Markku J. Lepistö.
Cover design: Hannu Lepistö and Jutta Gabriel (painting)
Homeward Records Oy
2010
Jutta Gabriel
www.erzengelgabriel.com
29.10.2010
Read Hannu’s blog ”New York New York” here.
18.10.2010
Hannu’s debut out in digistores worldwide soon.
27.9.2010
Read Hannu’s newest blog here.
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