With a voice that seems to speak to us from the heart of the Estonian forest, Mari Kalkuns music is at once of a place and deeply personal. Rooted in ancient Estonian and Vru traditions, but beautifully fresh and contemporary, Stories of Stonia reaches back to very old layers of tradition to imagine what Mari’s ancestors would have thought and sung about the world in an era of skyscraper, steel and metal. Throughout the albums nine songs, Mari explores humanitys controversial relationship with nature with powerfully emotive musical backdrops. One of Northern Europes most important folk singers Mari has created a mysterious and magical album.

Tracks:

1. Muname Loomine (The Creation of Munamg)

2. Suur Tamm (The Great Oak)

3. Maaim (Mother Earth)

4. Tistmuudu (Otherwise)

5. Kui Kivid Olid Veel Pehmed (When the Stones Were Still Soft)

6. Kuldnaine (Golden Woman)

7. Phjataeva Alune Lend (Flight Beneath the Northern Sky)

8. Mu Vllkoolmise Pl Kiil (My Dying Language)

9. Leelu