Perhaps more than any other country in the world, the history of the Baltic nation of Estonia is a story set to song. Whether under German, Danish, Swedish, or Soviet occupation, Estonians have long ...

Viljandi must be a quiet place in usual times, situated down in the south of Estonia, and emanating a small town vibration. Usually its annual four-day folk festival magnetises a massive gathering, ...

KEXP, a Seattle-based independent radio station known for breaking international artists, has increasingly been spinning ...

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 ...

World Music Festival Chicago is underway and one of this year’s artist’s hails from Estonia. This week on Global notes with Morning Shift and Radio M host Tony Sarabia, we welcome Northern Estonian ...

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 ...

After its premiere in NYC in 2022 the show is coming back home to the New York Estonian House for one night only on Saturday, March 23, 2024. This unique multidisciplinary performance fuses dance with ...

During their recent U.S. tour, Estonian zombie-folk duo Puuluup performed an exclusive live show for Seattle-based non-profit arts organization KEXP. The band played a selection of songs about sports, ...

“There is enough creative space for absolutely everyone,” declared Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, in her opening speech to the delegates of Tallinn Music Week's Creative Impact conference ...

When your scribe first visited the Viljandi Folk Music Festival in 2021, it was still straggling along within the lockdown period, held with a reduced crowd capacity. The long weekend seemed perfectly ...