Tuļļi Lum (Livonian for "hot snow"; often simplified as "Tulli Lum") is an Estonian/Livonian folk music band that was formed in 1999 when the Estonian ensemble found Livonian Julgī Stalte, originally from Riga, Latvia, while she was studying music in Estonia.[1]

Tuļļi Lum
Julgī Stalte performing with Tuļļi Lum in Käsmu, Estonia in August 2009
Julgī Stalte performing with Tuļļi Lum in Käsmu, Estonia in August 2009
Background information
OriginEstonia
Genres
Years active1999–present
Members
  • Julgī Stalte
  • Alari Piispea
  • Tiit Kikas
  • Meelis Unt
  • Jaan Sööt
  • Tiit Kevad
  • Toomas Rull
  • Toomas Lunge

The basis of much of the group's works are the books of the Estonian folklorist Oskar Loorits, while musically they are considered a fusion between authentic Livonian folk music and jazz.[1]

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Album edit

  • Tuļļi Lum (2000)

Track listing:

  1. Līgõ (Let it be)
  2. Tōți broutšõb Rīgõ (Daddy went to Riga)
  3. Mäd sizār (Our sister)
  4. Astā, veļ, tȭlpa pǟl (Brother, blow your horn)
  5. Joutõmlaps loul (An orphan's song)
  6. Ōra um (It is so rare)
  7. Lōla, izā, lōla, pūoga (Sing, daddy, sing, son)
  8. Jōņ loul (Midsummer's night's song)
  9. Ni kīlmiz (The frost has come)
  10. Sov (Smoke)
  11. Eijõ (Lullaby)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Jakobs, Hubert (July 10, 2000). "Defender of a Small Nation". Central Europe Review. Retrieved February 2, 2007.

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