New Estonian Bands Take the Stage at EuroSonic Festival in the Netherlands 
15.01.2010
The Estonian team arrived at this year’s EuroSonic Festival on Thursday headed by the bands Svjata Vatra and Kirtana Rasa. The EuroSonic Festival, held in Groningen, the Netherlands, is Europe's premier showcase for breaking artists from across the continent. Over three days more than 180 European bands will play across 20 stages to industry figures and fans alike. EuroSonic is part of the European Broadcasting System (EBU).
This year Estonia is being represented by the new bands Svjata Vatra and Kirtana Rasa.
They will be performing on the Grand Theatre stage today, 15 January, from 21.30-22.15.
Svjata Vatra is an Estonian-Ukrainian folk band playing in the self-described “firefolk” style. The band’s unique composition includes many different instruments and elements from northern and southern cultures, and their music includes new arrangements of Estonian and Ukrainian folk songs as well as original pieces. http://www.myspace.com/svjatavatra Kirtana Rasa performs original songs in Estonian, Russian and French. Their music is a mixture of southern warmth, eastern philosophies and northern frost, you can also hear the influences of classical Indian styles. Kirtana Rasa's sound is created using Estonian, African, Indian and Indonesian instruments. http://www.myspace.com/kirtanarasa
Svjata Vatra and Kirtana Rasa are participating in the festival with the support of Tallinn Music Week, Raadio 2, Rada 7 and Jazzkaar. You can follow the bands on their travel blog, http://www.tripsailor.com/blogs/2737-blog-estonia-2-eurosonic/.
The Estonian team arrived at the festival with their very own Viking barge in tow, which is currently located at the centre of the festival, close to the Groningen festival box office and the main club strip. The Viking boat will be the Estonian headquarters for the entire weekend, and some special activities will take place there. Starting at 5 pm each evening the boat’s sail will become a giant message board, onto which received Twitter messages will be projected in real time for the whole world to see. Any messages sent to the specially created Twitter username will be automatically projected onto the Viking barge’s sail to be read by 200 000 festival-goers, 250 EuroSonic bands and over 2 500 leading music industry professionals from around the world. The best Twitter messages will be photographed and posted immediately to the Tallinn Music Week community in Facebook.
 
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