Värttinä

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Created on: 28 Mar 2007
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For the fans of one of the world`s finest folk music bands.

Värttinä (Finnish for "spindle"), are a unique blend of the traditional Fenno-Ugric musical heritage and elements of jazz, rock and pop music. Their style is characterised by the dramatic vocal polyphonies of the three lead female singers, irregular rhythms and atmospherical experience rendered by the 6 musicians who all play acoustic instruments.

Värttinä have been spearheading the "world music" genre for about 20 years now and are currently promoting their new album "Miero". They are also the coauthors of the music for the The Lord of the Rings musical, premiered on March 23, 2006. in Toronto.

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  • Frenchytj

    Vaikka se on kovin kylmä lämpö,suomalaiset sydämellään koko ihmiskunta on ihmeellinen tapa ylös!

    November 2010

  • Frenchytj

    Kiitos"Värttinä"! Voit tuodo monille suuri ilo! Haluan jatkat toivottaa ja menestystän!

    October 2010

  • urizen81

    I'm a Värttinä addict

    January 2010

  • Stormwoken

    Haha, very nice. Voted! =)

    April 2009

  • dorkiria

    Please vote for Johanna and Susan (Dou Kuunkuiskaajat) on Tapsa goes Kaustinen, competition here: http://www.tapsagoeskaustinen.com/?page_id=3

    April 2009

  • Stormwoken

    You're in luck, they never visited these parts =\

    March 2009

  • Petula07

    Hi, I am not finnish but I love this music :D Värttinä was often in Prague when I wasn´t a fan so I hope they will come again soon! :)

    February 2009

  • kaiserzeitgeist

    A wonderful band.

    October 2008
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