Tell Your Birds is a folk quartet whose four members met as students at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and come from Latvia, Estonia and Italy. The group builds original songs out of traditional instruments such as the concert kokle, the bowed hiiu kannel and the balafon, layering them with field recordings, archive sound and live electronic processing. Their debut album 'pause in nature, then carry on with hope' came out in 2024, and a second record is set for April 2027.
Tell Your Birds premiered songs from an unreleased second album live at Viljandi Folk Festival in Estonia.
The band is releasing a new single built around a traditional Estonian horn melody as the first taste of the upcoming album.
A short tour was announced with a confirmed Helsinki show on 20 November as part of the Global Club Nights series.
Their second studio album is scheduled for release, with planned release concerts in Latvia, Estonia and hopefully Helsinki.
festival16:30Kanneltalo celebrates Children's Rights Day with free music workshops for all ages in the afternoon and an evening of contemporary folk and world music featuring Tell Your Birds and Manu Rosales.
club18:00Global Club Nights is a club series celebrating music with musicians and music lovers. On 20 November at Kanneltalo, Argentine composer Manu Rosales and contemporary folk ensemble Tell Your Birds perform.