The band VÄGILASED (the mighties) first came together in 2000. Those young, college-trained musicians - graduates from Viljandi Culture Academy - come from diverse backgrounds, their artistry encompassing traditional music, jazz, rock, pop and other forms of expression with apparent ease.
VÄGILASED has a unique sound: their music is based on Estonian traditional music - they play regi-songs, playsongs and older instumental music with arrangements that pass through different genres, blending traditional melodies and rhythms with modern harmonies and styles; merging human voice tones, natural instruments and contemporary soundwaves in which easiness and difficulties, happiness and sadness, new and old way of thinking are mixed.
Listen: Ema õpetus/Mother's Words of Wisdom mp3 6,7 Mb
A Walz To My Grandmother mp3 5,4 Mb
Look at: Video, concert at Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2006
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