Ulla Pirttijarvi - Northern Silk

Ulla Pirttijärvi is regarded as one of the finest artists from Sápmi (Samiland). The joik is the vocal form of the Sami people, native to the far northern Scandinavia. It's often relatively free-form, with few rules, a song to describe a thing, place, person almost anything. Ulla Pirttijärvis joik (recorded in her own home) is emotive and haunting.

This is the first track from "Mattarakhu Askai: In Our Foremothers". Pirttijarvi, once a member of the trio Angelin Tytot, has slowly unrolled a solo career (this album, "Mattarakhu Askai: In Our Foremothers" her second solo disc, comes five years after her first), but taking her time has proven to be a good thing.

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Music

Tags:

• Ulla Pirttijärvi
• Ulla Pirttijarvi
• joik
• northern silk
• Nuortta Silkkit
• sami
• Angelin Tytot
• folk
• finnish
• female vocalists

[ChicagoDreamer5]

Exquisite! Thank you so much! Deeply spiritual music - new to me. <3<3<3

[y0utub3useer]

nuortta means 'eastern', not 'northern'

[naoraccoon]

Incredibly beautiful. <3

[decresendo]

very nice