Biography

Tuuletar’s unique music is strongly rooted in Finnish language and musical heritage. The band´s virtuoso singers use only their voices to create a vivid sonic landscape, where beatbox rhythms meet Finnish folk tradition as well as global influences. Tuuletar has been enchanting audiences globally with their heartfelt, tribal and captivating spirit and their live show's are powerful, vibrant and very, very real. The band’s debut album Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal was released in 2016 by Bafe’s Factory. The album has been playlisted on international radio stations worldwide and occupied The World Music Charts Europe and Transglobal World Music Chart top 20 for over four months. In Finland the album won an Emma Award (Finnish equivalent to Grammy Prize) as a best ethno album of the year. Their album opening track Alku (The Beginning) by Sini Koskelainen is featured worldwide as Game Of Thrones DVD-trailer theme. The band's second album Rajatila / Borderline was released in May 2019 by Bafe’s Factory. This courages and experimental album was produced by Pekko Käppi and also gained raging reviews all around the world. During the last ten years, Tuuletar has been actively performing all around the world, doing three major Asian tours in India, Japan and Taiwan as well as performing in Australia, New Zealand and Chile. They have been headlining both Finnish and European festivals such as Songlines Encounters and WOMAD in UK, EtnoKrakow in Poland and Ritmo in Hungary to name a few.