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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The nominees have been announced for the 2026 Estonian Music Awards. Folk-pop duo SADU received the most nominations, appearing in five categories, followed by nublu & Vaiko Eplik who are nominated ...

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 ...

Tallinn Music Week is Estonia’s annual celebration of its music. This year though, Russia’s continued presence in Ukraine ensures the event has taken on a significance no one would have wished for.

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 ...