Tallinn Calling: Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union
byA lecture by Marcus Kolga for the Estonian Diaspora Museum VEMU on Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union.
Music
Wolfredt & Seksound: The Captains of Baltic Indie
byOutlawed in the Soviet era and largely ignored during the past 20 years, Estonia’s rock and roll, punk and indie scenes have driven cultural…
Estonian Artists Celebrate Yeats in New Piece
byOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Eastern Rising in Ireland, a group of Estonian artists have decided to center their creative…
Opera Rejected By Latvian Conductor Premiering in US
byA new controversial opera, “State of the Union”, will premiere in Marquette, Michigan tonight after having its European premiere in Latvia cancelled due to…
A Movement Drawn From The Sea: The Baltic Sea Philharmonic
byThe Baltic Sea Philharmonic is a new force in music and culture, which is about to go on its second tour around the Baltic…
Tallinn Music Week: Looking for the bigger picture
byOut of 1000 applications from all over the world, about 250 bands were selected to come to Tallinn in order to celebrate music and…
US Musician David Lowery Sues Sweden’s Spotify for $150m
byUS singer-songwriter and musician’s rights advocate, David Lowery, who fronted alternative rock acts Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, has filed a proposed class action suit…
Estonian President To Release Rock & Punk Compilation
byOn 4 December President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will release a compilation called “Teenage Wasteland – Favourites 1963-1978”. A donation will be made from every…
