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| | Rock Paper Scissors - Värttinä, iki (NorthSide) - Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Effortlessly blending ancient Finnish runo poetry, distinctive Finno-Ugric vocal harmonies, traditional and contemporary acoustic instrumentation, complex and uncommon rhythms, and original and highly imaginative compositions and arrangements, Värttinä stands alone as an innovator, with eight groundbreaking albums and over a decade of international touring. |
 | | Värttinä's style, stemming from the women's singing traditions of Finno-Ugric tribes of the east (including Karelia, Setu, Mari Republic, Ingria, Mordva and others), adds an explosive spirit of honest joy and creative energy to close-knit harmonies. |
 | | As fiddler Kari Reiman explains, "Värttinä's harmonies are a combination of many styles, with our own ideas added in." These traditional harmonies may seem strange to western ears, but Värttinä's presentation makes assimilation to this complex style pleasurably easy. |
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