Set’Akat “Tähä ikkään elänyt“

Set’Akat was born around Sari Kaasinen’s work on her doctor’s thesis for Sibelius Academy folk music department. The group - and the thesis - digs deep into Karelian (region on Finnish-Russian border) vocal traditions and especially in women’s way of using music in their everyday life. The songs (all original compositions by Sari Kaasinen) take you through different eras and feelings on what it’s been like to be a woman in ancient Karelian culture. There are lively pa