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Säkkijärven polkka (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsækːiˌjærʋen ˈpolkːɑ]; "the Säkkijärvi polka ") is a well-known folk tune from Finland that is very popular with Finnish accordionists. It was especially popularized by Viljo "Vili" Vesterinen (1907–1961). The tune was first recorded in Säkkijärvi (now Kondrat'evo in the Leningrad ...
Ievan polkka. " Ievan polkka " (Finnish for " Ieva 's Polka ") is a Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 [1] and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in an Eastern Savonian dialect spoken in North Karelia. It is sung from the point of view of a young man, about a woman called Ieva (dialectal for the ...
The folk music band JPP at the 2015 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Kaustinen, Finland. Pelimanni music is the Finnish version of Nordic folk dance music, and it is tonal.It came to Finland from Central Europe via Scandinavia in the 17th century, and in the 19th century, it replaced the Kalevalaic tradition.
Värttinä. Värttinä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋærtːinæ], meaning "spindle") is a Finnish folk music band that started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then.
Karjalan kunnailla (Karelian: Karjalan kumbuzil), lit. ' On the Hills of Karelia ', is a Finnish folk song.Lyrics were created by Valter Juva [fi; it; fr] in 1902. Karelian Iivo Härkönen [fi; olo; ca; ru] also published an early Karelianist adaptation of Juva's original Finnish lyrics in the Livvi-Karelian language of East Karelia.
Pages in category "Finnish folk songs" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
In this page are contained all the lists of number-one singles from the Official Finnish Charts, the official Finnish music charts that began in 1989. Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland, the association of Finnish music industry, publishes currently three separate singles charts: the Official Finnish Singles Chart (Suomen virallinen singlelista) which takes into account both physical singles ...
Ulla Pirttijärvi performing with Ulda at the Etno-Espa music festival in Helsinki, Finland on August 1, 2022. Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman is a Sami joik singer from the village of Angeli (Sami: Aŋŋel), Finland. She began her career with the music group Angelin Tytöt, but left soon after to pursue a solo career. She performs traditional joik ...