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Finnish Folk Music?
Well to tell you the truth, I really have no idea what
got me into this. Most likely it had something to with
my old friend Bjorn who lived up in the mountains.
Pretty sure he was playing some type of "off the wall"
online music station as usual and they played a
Värttinä song which caught my attention. I wrote down the
name of the group and found them online and then binged
on the songs of this group for a couple of weeks. No
idea what the songs mean but simply like the sound of
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 Finnish Folk Music
The music of Finland can be roughly divided into categories
of folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and
contemporary popular music.
The folk music of Finland belongs to a broader musical
tradition, and is closely related to the Karelian musical
style, sung in the so-called Kalevala metre. Though folk
songs of the old variety became progressively rarer in
Finland, they remained common in Karelia. Thusly, Karelian
heritage has often been conceived of as the purest
expression of Finnic myths and beliefs, thought to be spared
from Germanic and Slavic influences. In the west of the
country, more mainstream Nordic folk music traditions
prevail. The Sami people of northern Finland have their own
musical traditions, collectively Sami music. Finnish folk
music has undergone a roots revival in the recent decades,
and has also become a part of popular music.
Source: Wikipedia - Music of Finland |
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 Värttinä
Värttinä (Finnish for spindle) is a Finnish folk music band
which was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen
back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the
southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have
taken place in the band since then. Värttinä shot into fame
with the release of their 1991 album Oi Dai. As of 2009, the
band consists of three lead female vocalists supported by
three acoustic musicians. The vocalists sing in the Karelian
language of Finnish Karelia.
Source: Wikipedia - Värttinä (link not working) |
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