Varttina (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Varttina (Finnish for spindle) is a Finnish folk music band which was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Raakkyla, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then. Varttina shot into fame with the release of their 1990 album Oi Dai. As of 2009, the band consists of three lead female vocalists supported by three acoustic musicians. The vocalists sing in the Karelian language of Finnish Karelia. Varttina collaborated with A. R. Rahman, a famous composer from India, in composing the music for The Lord of the Rings, which played in Toronto in 2006 and opened in London in May 2007.