How it all started

For their passion for music, friends Jyrki Unhola and Alvaro Araya Leon began recording music. At first, it was intended as a hobby project that consisted of recording cover songs, but they quickly realized that they had something solid and good going on. The recordings, which started with very simple means, quickly developed into high-quality productions. Alvaro's unique sounds in his voice and guitar playing together with Jyrki's sense of tempo in his way of playing bass and curiosity for sound technology, made them together manage to create a whole new soundscape for already known songs. But it was not until Malin Frostfalk and her talent for adding vocals that Portraits and tales became complete.

On September 18, 2018, Portraits & Tales releases a cover of Uno Svenningsons - "Du kommer att ångra det här" on youtube. In less than a week, it reached over 4,000 views. By this time, it was clear to all members that Portraits & Tales was no longer a hobby band and that it was now time to take their music to a higher level. The band releases two more covers: Chris Isaak's - Wicked Game and Christina Aguilera's and A great big world - Say Something. Both cover versions get about the same response as their version of "Du kommer att ångra det här".

After releasing their third cover, Portrait & Tales decides that it's time to release their own material and on February 14, 2021, it's a fact. Portraits & Tales released their first original song "Only You" on Spotify and other music platforms. The song is released with accompanying video recorded by A&A productions.

The 19th of september 2021 , they released their second single "Struggle", and this song is getting the same response as "Only you"

In february the 20th we relased our first single from our EP  that is called "Elsa". Our complete EP will be released the 27th of May

In the summer of 2023 after he had been joining us on stage for a couple of gigs we invited Robin Lundberg to join our band. And now we feel like we are complete!

Portraits & Tales consists of:

Malin Araya Frostfalk - Vocals and production

Jyrki Unhola - Bass guitar and sound production.

Alvaro Araya Leon - Guitar, vocals and production.

Robin Lundberg - electric guitar and production