Labajalgsed (The Flatfooted)

Estonia

The young members of a group supervised by Margit Kuhi are coming from different corners of Raplamaa County, the area located in the middle of Estonia. The county’s headquarters of traditional music is Kandlekoda (a workshop specialised in making folk music instruments and arranging every kind of folk music activities). In 2001, Kandlekoda organised the first folk-camp for beginners where they made their first efforts on playing traditional music instruments. Since then their skills have improved and genuine love for folk music escalated into the necessity to play together the tunes of centuries-old songs. In Raplamaa County there is a small place called Vigala from where a lot of folk heritage has been preserved and archived. Many of those are ‘labajalad’ (flat foot tunes), traditional ancient dance melodies. In their program the group will play, sing and dance labajalg-tunes from Vigala in both the traditional way and by trying to create their own sound and thus showing how the roots can be revived.

• Jaana Liländer – recorder, melody-pipe, dance, vocal
• Juss Heinsalu – kannel, vocal
• Margit Kuhi – fiddle, bowed harp, vocal
• Lisandra Roosioja – kannel, dance, vocal
• Helen Jors – accordion karmoshka (Russian diatonic accordion), dance, vocal
• Tiina Lauri – accordion karmoshka (Russian diatonic accordion), dance, vocal
• Ege Lehtsaar – kannel, dance, vocal
• Ruudi Lootus – guitar, dance, vocal
• Jürgen Jaago – guitar, dance, vocal
• Rait Pihlap – rähnipill (woodpecker), kannel

• Margit Kuhi: +372 556 874 74 mardik@hot.ee