[1] Lyytinen took part in Finland's MTV3 channel's series called Kulkuri ja Kaunottaret (The Rover and The Beauties) in 1999.

The songs on the album were mostly danceable jump and swing blues numbers and were for the most part written by Lyytinen herself.

[1] Throughout her career Lyytinen has been the opening act for Robert Plant,[1] Focus[2] and Tom Jones, and played with Joe Bonamassa,[1] Jennifer Batten,[3] Sonny Landreth and Carlos Santana,[1] among others.

[1] Erja Lyytinen was the only Finnish act to perform at "Puistoblues" in 2003, the biggest blues festival in Finland, where she played on the main stage.

[1] In the spring of 2003, Lyytinen was awarded a stipend to attend the Musician's Institute of Technology in Los Angeles.

There she got to study with Scott Henderson, who has played in Chick Corea's Electric Band, and with Keith Wyatt who, according to her, kept amazing lectures about the history of blues.

There Lyytinen got to jam with female blues artists Candye Kane, Ana Popovic and Sue Foley, who at the time had contracts with Ruf Records.

[1] In 2006 Lyytinen had a chance to record her next album Dreamland Blues in Oxford, Mississippi with local musicians.

The line-up for the album was Rami Eskelinen (drums), Iiro Kautto (bass), and Davide Floreno (guitar).

In Norway at the Notodden Blues Festival the trio got to jam with Joe Bonamassa, with whom they played the song "Further Up On The Road".

On the song "Bed of Roses", she collaborated with the singer Marko Hietala, known from the bands Nightwish and Tarot, and with Paavo Lötjönen from Apocalyptica.

[1] In late 2010, Lyytinen toured for five weeks with her band in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and England.

She also made an appearance on the "Blues Show" with Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2, where she performed the songs "Don't Let a Good Woman Down", "Oil and Water", and the Blind Willie Johnson cover "The Soul of a Man".

At the time the line-up for the band was Roger Inniss (bass), Miri Miettinen (drums), and Davide Floreno (guitar).

The songs "Joyful Misery" and "At Least We Still Fight" were written in collaboration with Alan Darby, who has performed with Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney and wrote music for Bonnie Raitt.

In Finland Lyytinen toured extensively with the guitarist/actor Heikki Silvennoinen in sold-out venues and performed in India for the first time.

The album was mixed in Texas by Chris Bell and mastered by Gavin Lursen in Los Angeles.

The previous winners have included notable designers, artists, researchers, classical singers and so on coming from the Savolax area in the Eastern-part of Finland.