
One of the most internationally successful acts to emerge from the contemporary Finland music scene, Värttinä revitalized the nation's folk traditions with an aggressive and ultra-modern style that eschewed not only the costumes of their ancestors but also the long-accepted cultural notion that women should sing unaccompanied. A product of the folk music department at Helsinki's Sibelius Academy, Värttinä formed in the early '80s, its 21 original members all previously associated with an area youth group.
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Year: 1998
Tracks: 13
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Year: 1994
Tracks: 12
Year: 1994
Tracks: 13
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12