Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

It was a fascination for Estonian chorales and folk music which brought these four musicians together in 2021, and a curiosity to discover what might happen when singers combined with pipe organ and traditional horse-hair harp. Delving into this music (including funeral songs, Christmas and Lenten hymns and prayers), they found a connection with their own heritage, both spiritual and secular, in songs which they describe as a ‘meditative yet powerful soundscape.’ In fact the album goes way beyond this: the earthiness of harp, fiddle and frame drum drives a compelling rhythm through several of the tracks. “Maybe our music makes people think or feel something they haven’t felt for a long time,” says Greta Liisa Grünberg (vocals, talharpa, frame drum). This captivating album comes across not as a niche Estonian tradition but as a universal expression which goes deep to the heart and is hugely enjoyable.