Earth Unwrapped
Kings Place welcomes back Estonian folk artist Mari Kalkun, a voice that seems to speak to us from the heart of the Estonian forest. Her music is at once of a place and deeply personal, an intimacy—born of Baltic winter forests and icy landscapes— and yet there is renewal, hope and celebration to be heard.
Mari Kalkun’s music has a timeless quality and unhurried sense of time and space. Rooted in ancient Estonian and Võru traditions, and played on a variety of instruments including kannel, piano and dronegas, her music resonates deep within us to touch our spirits, our souls, even when the language is strange to us.
In summer 2023, Mari released her new album Stories of Stonia (Real World Records), co-produced with Sam Lee. Mari has taken the album across the globe to 17 countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, and it reached number one in the Transglobal World Music Chart and was shortlisted for the Songlines Best New Albums list. Mari’s music has been supported by respected media including the Financial Times (★★★★★), BBC, Rootsworld and Lira Music Magazine.
Mari Kalkun takes old stories into a new, maybe even unexpected context. ‘The motivation for this album is my own curiosity to turn back to a very old layer of tradition and find out what my ancestors have thought and sang and how it will resonate in the era of skyscrapers, steel and metal,’ says Mari.
This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.
