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Genre: karelian folk

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Karelian folk music is a traditional music genre originating from the Karelia region of Finland and Russia. It is characterized by its unique vocal style, which often features intricate harmonies and yodeling. The music is typically accompanied by traditional instruments such as the kantele, accordion, and violin. In recent years, Karelian folk music has been modernized with the incorporation of electronic elements and experimental sounds.

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Releases by year

Here you can see the popularity of Karelian Folk genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.

2020s 5
2023 1
2021 2
2020 2
2010s 8
2018 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2010 1
2000s 14
2009 1
2008 4
2007 1
2006 2
2005 1
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
1990s 8
1999 1
1998 1
1997 1
1994 2
1992 2
1991 1
1980s 2
1988 1
1981 1
1970s 3
1977 1
1974 2
1960s 1
1969 1
41 releases

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karelian folk music by decade

Explore karelian folk history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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List of karelian folk artists

Here is a list of karelian folk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the karelian folk genre. You can find out what karelian folk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 31 16764
2 14 3375
3 11 6130
4 6 585
5 5 507
6 5 553
7 3 158
8 2 137
9 1 178
10 4 182
11 4 135
12 1 180
13 3 68
14 2 249
15 1 55
16 1 58
17 1 132

karelian folk playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular karelian folk music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.