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Written in fRoots issue 225, 2002

VÄRTTINÄ
6.12
BMG Finland 74321 881802 8 (2001)

Beautifully recorded live album of a December 2000 show in Helsinki’s Savoy Theatre. Great versions of fourteen of their finest numbers, seeming ever more strongly Finno-Ugrian runo-song rooted, plus a video track. Triumphant proof of what ingenious arrangers and a tight, distinctive band Värttinä have become.



© 2000 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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