Music and arrangement by Maarja Nuut; lyrics Estonian runo song

Maarja Nuut is a fiddler and singer from Northern Estonia who is fascinated by the tunes of old village musicians and mind-boggling but at the same time structured patterns. The minimalistic sounds of the looper take the listeners on an imaginary journey over the constantly changing soundscapes which combine traditional dance tunes, songs and stories with live electronics.
Her music has been described as peaceful but not in the lazy inactive sense. In her music, she is searching for a lively and relaxed state similar to a cat that is ready to take off in a moment’s notice. “This state is like an impulse which gives rise to music and makes me want to prolong being in the moment and concentrate, which alters the way of seeing, hearing and perceiving. It is always “now” and old tunes are as fresh as improvisations which were born a second ago”. This is how she tells us her intimate stories using fiddles, her voice and modern electronics.
In the spring of 2013, Maarja released her debut album “Soolo” which has received a lot of attention and acknowledgement around the world and was chosen as one of the favourites of the English magazine fRoots.
Links:
www.maarjanuut.com/
facebook.com/MaarjaNuutEst
@maarja-nuut
vimeo.com/77369939

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