UTU album is No.1
Hello! We’ve some news and updates. Firstly the new UTU album is No.1 on the European World Music Chart. Secondly band played brilliant concert on 26th April Jazz Festival in Espoo at the end of the month. Another news is that two of Värttinä’s albums was nominated to The Best of Finnish Folk CD’s Collection in Kantelar – Finnish Folk Music Facebook-ranking . Speak of Oi Dai (1991) and Iki (2003).
And updates:
- 2 new photos in Misc pictures /Backstage section on the GALLERY
- 11 new photos in Old Värttinä section on the GALLERY
Tour dates
New tour calendar was announced. Unfortunately two from only five gigs are still not confirmed. The list of concerts is very short, we have hope that this will be change. More about gigs on CONCERTS page. Farther we want to share information, that the new Värttinä album UTU is on 2nd place on the European World Music Chart. More updates on FanClub site soon.
Interview with Johanna
Watch now interview from 30.03.2012 with Johanna Virtanen in Studio 55 on MTV3 in two parties.
“Värttinä, fan video”
Hello dear fans. We wanna show you great video, which was made by Jaroslava Kirves. Thank you for that Jaroslava! Enjoy
Lyrics translations
Today more updates, mainly in Translations section on the DISCOGRAPHY page. We added lyrics translations for albums Iki (2003), Ilmatar (2000), Kokko (1996) and Aitara (1994) for now. Other news is interview in English from 2006 on the Vapaa Sana (Finnish weekly of North America). Interview is about Lord of the Rings Musical, if you want to read, go to the MEDIA page and then Interviews section. Works on improvement other sites will be continued. So check us later! And dear Fans we still waiting for more of your photos from Värttinä’s gigs.
And here you can hear brilliant Johanna and Wimme duo. “Manattu” another great tune from new album UTU.
Changes and updates

Dear Fans during few weeks we made some changes on the our Fan-Club page. Everything for sharing with you more and more information about the band. For those who don’t check yet we made new MEMBERS page (where you can read about current members and soon more about past and co-operating members too), new CONCERTS
page and new design of the ‘Videos’ section on the MEDIA page (now you can choose directly which video you want to watch, no playlist anymore). We still waiting for your photos from Värttinä’s gigs. We’re constantly updating ‘Live photos’ section in the GALLERY. We’re working now at new and more clear version of ‘Collaborations’ section in the DISCOGRAPHY page, so you will be able to read more about others Värttinä’s projects. And more changes soon, especially in MEMBERS, GALLERY and MEDIA pages.
Updates:
- New tour date on the CONCERTS page
- 11 photos by Niina Helimaa from Helsinki in Live photos section
- 4 photos by Paul Benson from WOMAD Festival in Live photos section
- 20 photos by Ulf Cronenberg from Würzburg in Live photos section
- CD covers in Singles section on the DISCOGRAPHY page
200 fans on Facebook
Yay! We have 200 fans on facebook! We wanna thank you so much for your support!
And we have song for lazy Sunday for you! Enjoy!



