Värttinä is a Finnish folk music band that was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then. Värttinä shot into fame with the release of their 1990 album Oi Dai. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Finnish Karelia, historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia, is a historical province in eastern Finland. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Currently the band consists of three lead female vocalists supported by six acoustic musicians. Värttinä is collaborating with famous composer from India, A. R. Rahman for the Lord of the Rings musical, set to open in London's West End in 2005. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Look up Acoustic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the study of sound, a branch of physics, see acoustics. ... A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (born January 6, 1967 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, India) is a popular Indian film music composer. ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... West End, see West End (disambiguation). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lineup

• Mari Kaasinen (vocals)
• Susan Aho (vocals)
• Johanna Virtanen (vocals)
• Janne Lappalainen (bouzouki, saxophone)
• Lassi Logren (fiddle)
• Markku Lepistö (accordion)
• Hannu Rantanen (bass)
• Antto Varilo (guitars, cümbüs tambur)
• Jakko Lukkarinen (drums, percussion)

Discography

• Värttinä (1987)
• Musta Lindu (1989)
• Oi Dai (1990)
• Seleniko (1992)
• Aitara (1994)
• Kokko (1996)
• Vihma (1998)
• Ilmatar (2000)
• Live in Helsinki (2001)
• Iki (2003)

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External links

• Official site (http://www.varttina.com/)