Viljandi folktronica band Oopus fuses folk melodies with electronic beats — and it wants to bring Estonian folk music to ...

You're forgiven if you're not familiar with the instrument known as the talharpa. Alongside better-known stringed instruments like the violin, the viola, the cello, the bass, the guitar, the banjo, ...

The Estonian duo Puuluup is set to bring their Nordic folk music to life at Club Passim on Sunday, October 5. The pair, consisting of Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson, have been together for over 10 years ...

The nominees have been announced for the 2026 Estonian Music Awards. Folk-pop duo SADU received the most nominations, ...

This article by Charlie Bertsch was originally published on The Battleground. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. If you stumbled upon Estonian ...

In a recent concert at First Church Congregtional in Cambridge, MA, vocal ensemble Musica Sacra sang folk hymns and canticles from two regions that, at first blush, don't seem to have a whole lot to ...

Music by two Estonian composers reveals an engaging mixture of folk music and romantic orchestration at a concert in Tallinn. Anu Tali conducts the Nordic Symphony in a Suite on Estonian Folk Dances ...

Seto, like Estonian, Finnish and Sámi, is a Finno-Ugric language. The root is Hungarian, which began spreading north around four millennia ago. Although there are between 15,000 to 20,000 Seto people ...