Värttinä

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

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.

Currently the band consists of three lead female vocalists supported by six acoustic musicians. Värttinä collaborated with A. R. Rahman, a famous composer from India, in composing the music for The Lord of the Rings musical, set to open in Toronto on March 23 2006.