Loituma "Eriskummainen kantele"

/ kantelar
Loituma is a young quartet who combine the Finnish vocal tradition with the exquisite sounds of the kantele (Finnish harp). At ease with four-part unaccompanied vocals as well as four-part kantele instrumentals, Loituma were selected Band of the Year at the 1997 Kaustinen Folkmusic Festival.
Over the years, the group has persistently followed its own musical path, skillfully applying different musical influences to its music. It has bravely dived into musical streams of diverse origins. One of the cornerstones of Finnish folk music is the art of singing. Stories and feelings are best conveyed through this instrument. The songs convey the Finnish heritage, aided in the background by Martti Pokela and Toivo Alaspää. Another cornerstone of Loituma is the Kantele, which rings in a splendid and varied way on this recording. Iron and silver clink, rye and wheat bloom side by side.

[@Railur]

Finnish is a wonderful language. I don't understand anything, but I enjoy the sound of the vocals

[@ahmedlami1699]

we need more songs from loituma

[@PugKloks]

Finnish is a unique language as is the culture. They have "Sisu" which is strong determination. They fought off the Russians and the Swedes, never had a monarchy of their own, and formed a rather egalitarian society which scores them one of the happiest countries in the world. In this country they were part of the early unions, women's right to vote. A Finn is strong, independent, hard working and eager for justice.

[@jonathan4bama]

Just gonna breeze over the Nazi period lol

[@rohitroy2635]

I don't know Finnish. But I can feel it is a good music. "Music has no language"

[@para7yth932]

Lund bro..... Lund

[@southamptonef]

LOITUMA is great!! I love it s sounds ,especially the levan polka, it s great, greetings from Mexico City

[@aeronautdreamer]

I was looking for more music than just Ievan polka. I really like this band. Greetings from Louisiana, United States. I find this very soothing. Thank you for uploading.

Amei! Saudações do Brasil!

[@70CarStall]

The structure of this song, the lyrics, the instruments, the rise and fall of the pitch, and the vocal harmony made me have to search it out. I heard it on KFAI radio today in Minneapolis. Thanks for posting, I am feeling a little more learned with my Finish appreciation, I also enjoy Gjallarhorn as well, I believe they are Finish.

[@ralphyboy25]

This is the first song of theirs that I ever heard, and still to this day, remains my favorite.

[@ordeathind]

This is just amazing, think I could listen to this all day long.

[@polarnyne]

I just listened to one album. I Hope I Can Find more about Loituma, it's a very good quartet of folk

[@sneakndan]

I don't even know finish and I play this , very power full

[@faresnasser5187]

Is it me or I feel like crying when I saw this old photo of the band all smiling, hoping to see them again singing together like old days. I really feel down, I just need to see them again together

[@EneriGiilaan]

Here 2019: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ60amOFpr-dpZo Here 2021: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJTKZ2mHmNydrZo

[@medeajerdana]

Anita is so beautiful with such a beautiful voice!

[@anastasiatseluiko2213]

Thank you! My heart rejoices! Perfect!

[@whisykoma]

I would like to see them live in Berlin

[@PS-lo5kk]

sorry they don't like the Berlin accent > icke dette kieke mal .... < what a ugly language this is !

[@Mahardbanger14]

I can't believe they have another song!

[@georgeaugustogarciabehaker8660]

Lot's of!!!

[@snowyconfession]

I love traditional song, and this quartet have beautiful harmony. thx for uploading it :)

[@luisangelhernandezespinosa6099]

¡¡Hermosa!!

[@ernestomayorga4816]

Que bella voz,saludos desde México.

[@iliyanabraykova702]

Maailman kaunein runo!

[@iribajiacov]

greetings from greece very nice thank you

[@mrdarthmaul8914]

Ich weiß nicht, warum mich das nostalgisch macht .😩😷reines Meisterwerk 👌

[@koiragearrus]

really great vocal! awesome singing! awesome!!:)

[@Javier-jk8zn]

me gusta mucho

[@Picmunda]

Finaly I found someone another than levan polka. I tried to found traditional finish music but every time YT offered me the Metal rock

[@kingly205]

nice voices... Greetings from Thailand :)

[@vivek-1318]

Awesome

[@paulschlacter3806]

this is great. greetings from the bleen blill blone

[@dantegonzalez4996]

no entiendo un carajo pero me encanta!

[@ugddnvsgj]

greetings from Peru

[@gunnora]

No, music was made from grief, Molded from sorrow, Its belly out of hard days, Its sound-board from endless woes, Its strings gathered from torments And its tuning pegs from other ills. So my kantele won't play, Will not rejoice at all. Music will not play to please, Nor give off the right sort of joy, For it was fashioned from cares, Molded from sorrow.

[@EneriGiilaan]

Mukavan luontevasti kehittyvä biisi.

[@WazigeLogica]

Thank you so much for posting Kantelar, kiitos, got this cd from my mom who was from suomi... Loituma has made beatifull music, the lyrics are poems from Kalevalla right?.. I agree with dolgorsurendagvadorj... Hyväa

[@cabaracabara]

hace tiempo no escucha tan buenos vocalistas

[@ralphyboy25]

@timomastosalo Thank you for pointing to that translation. It always helps to go a few pages back on the comments for these videos. You never what you are going to find.

[@WildApricot12]

@ralphyboy25 You're right. She has been a founding member. But I didn't know that she was actually singing on the CDs or at least at Things of Beauty. They have quite similar voices!!

[@EneriGiilaan]

@pichapichapie AFAIK they are all active musicians with their own projects. Seems though that they still occasionally get together and do a gig as Loituma - at least they did a couple of years ago.

[@DolgorsurenDagvadorj]

How to find more Loituma on youtube? I'm tired of levan polkka. I hope Hungarians are welcomed in Finland.

[@richardburdick322]

Máté LIPKOvics where is that red head at these days what is she up to is she married and have 10 kids or still singing

[@AsteioLoukoumaki]

smoooooth

[@whitecinnamon]

The song is beautiful ^^ Please, could you put subtitles?

[@kersta1]

You can look in myspace too. They have own page there. Good luck

[@kiwijuice78]

Kinda sounds like a song that would play at the end of a documentary but is actually tolerable

[@timomastosalo]

@laelamarie1 The lyrics are in these comments, p 4, or 5 etc. if you wait too long

[@ralphyboy25]

@Conway79 As of today, Amazon (US) has "Things of Beauty" available for $13 USD. By your profile I am assuming you are in the UK. I have purchased several CDs from Amazon UK, for delivery to the US - and I have always been pleasantly surprised that I am never hit up for any high (out of the ordinary) shipping charges.

[@gunnora]

My Kantele The words of this song are from the Elias Lönnrot's collection of folk music, Kanteletar (1840). Truly they lie, they Talk utter nonsense Who say of music: They believe the kantele Was carved by Väinämöinen, Fashioned by a god Out of a great pike's shoulders, From a water dog's hooked bones.

[@WildApricot12]

@ralphyboy25 Hm, yes, after listening I think it should be Anita.

[@PaulinaPrzybysz]

@PaulinaPrzybysz Sentä ei soita kanteleeni, (Therefore my kantele will not play) ei iloitse ensinkänä, (nor will rejoice at all) soitto ei soita suosioksi, (music will not play to please) laske ei laatuista iloa, (give off the right sort of joy) kun on huolista kuvattu, (for it was fashioned from worries) murehista muovaeltu. (moulded from sorrow) [I'm sorry, it was too long to post it in one piece.]

[@EneriGiilaan]

@Conway79 Digelius Music in Helsinki (digelius . com) seems to have both their records, and I know they sell also outside Finland. However for some reason or another they have no webshop- utilities on the pages - instead you are supposed to phone them or send an email. I'm a happy customer myself, but as I'm living in Finland, I don't know the details about the international orders.

[@WildApricot12]

@ralphyboy25 I'm sure it is Anita Lehtola singing. Guess Sanna Kurki-Suonio wouldn't appear in Loituma...

[@ralphyboy25]

@MsEkiam1 Well I don't know for sure if it is Sanna singing, or if she just wrote the song. I am just taking a guess. After listening to this song some more, and comparing it to some other Loituma songs....................... I am thinking it is in fact Anita singing.......... Perhaps someone who knows for sure can comment..

[@ralphyboy25]

@MsEkiam1 - Hello. From Wikipedia, I found out that Sanna was a founding member of Loituma, and that she is credited with this song. I do not own the CD "Things of Beauty", so I can not confirm who is credited with the version that is on the CD. To my ear, it sounded like Sanna's voice. Either way, Sanna or Anita, they both have beautiful voices......

[@ralphyboy25]

@rainbowpeach56 I didn't know you could draw conclusions regarding love interests merely from posed photographs.

[@timomastosalo]

@laelamarie1 Yeah, YT viewers send so much negative feedback, that it's really nice to swim counterstream - and help and encourage people. Let's fight for a more caring world. Besides, this kinda music puts you in a good mood, so why not treat others with that mood?! :)

[@PutteErareika]

:)

[@PaulinaPrzybysz]

@PaulinaPrzybysz Soitto on suruista tehty, (But no, music is made from grief) murehista muovaeltu: (and moulded from sorrow) koppa päivistä kovista, (-- its belly out of hard days) emäpuu ikipoloista, (its soundboard from endless woes) kielet kiusoista kerätty, (its strings gathered from torments) naulat muista vastuksista. (and its pegs from other ills.)

[@surendavtyan177]

ARMENIAN MUSIC BAD FINNISH LANGUAGE VERY INTERESTING ...

[@Lord_BlackDave]

Որ երգինա նման որ?

[@ralphyboy25]

Is the lead singer for this song Sanna Kurki-Suonio?

[@keybisenriqueramosbecerra5639]

David Bisbal eres tú?

[@elsabethuldabaldursdottir9850]

Minjon

[@PaulinaPrzybysz]

I wish I could know what this song is about... Is there anyone who knows Finnish?

[@Plotspider]

How can I get this song? Is it on Itumes?

[@MMKaho]

This is good music but it kinda makes me a lil sleepy

[@MsCookiehL]

what is that for a language ?

[@tokashiaruma7377]

filandes

[@anttisaisa2718]

finns.. its a part off finno-ugric languishes.. Spoken off less then before.. loth off the finno-ugric languishes have died out last 1000 year..

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

The world's next big invention (before anti-gravity) will be a fully chromatic kantele. If no one does it in the next 10 years that inventor could be me.

[@lasteen4787]

pero que clase de "Leva's polka" es este...

[@DolgorsurenDagvadorj]

OK thanks! I got the album already. It is surprisingly good (I prefer metal)

[@PaulinaPrzybysz]

@PaulinaPrzybysz Just found an answer! Ne varsin valehtelevat, (Those indeed tell lies) tuiki tyhjeä panevat, (are saying just empty words) jotka soittoa sanovat, (those who judge the playing) arvoavat kanteletta (claiming the kantele) Väinämöisen veistämäksi, (being crafted by Väinämöinen) Jumalan kuvoamaksi, (woven by the God) hauin suuren hartioista, (out of a great pike's shoulders) veen koiran koukkuluista. (from the crooked bones of a water dog)

[@SeXeHRD]

@PavelDubrovsky lol there is no such country as "Russia Empire" bro :) There is only Russian Federation

[@sneakndan]

is finish a bit like russain?

[@kapuseta]

+Dan Sirturbodan No. Finnish is not related to Russian in any way. Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language, in Europe it's closely related to Estonian language and to some extent Hungarian.

[@__user__name__]

+Dan Sirturbodan sounds like Turkish

[@anttisaisa2718]

No.. more like; Sapmi, Hungary, Eesti, Meankieli.. year 800 90% off nort and east Europe spoked som off finnugri languis.. (Skit dålig engelsk stavning) (Huonolla engnallilla vöngerrän)

[@lilmatt54]

holy shit i thought the girl leaning on the guy was a dude

[@atlantisia]

it's not "L"evan Polkka, it's called "i"evan Polkka

[@Vkv2013]

so similar to tamil songs

[@jonathandellasantina7715]

Thus, Finnish = Tamil. :/

[@LukeNeville1996]

No, they just don't like the song.

[@TheVishousTohrment]

the people that dislke Loituma are rascists....

[@BelSei]

Not worth listening to if you are looking for finnish songs or relatrively original Kantele sounds. This is just a lousy mesh. Yes, I'm a Finn (by heart) Yes I'm related to Carelian (WWII refugee mother)

[@elsabethuldabaldursdottir9850]

Minjon