Folk music with heart and soul!

Versatility, powerful interpretations, Karelian cheerfulness, plaintive tones - these are the hallmark of Burlakat, a folk group from Rääkkylä in eastern Finland. Over the years the band has developed into a seamless whole, whose unique brand of music has been strongly influenced by each of its members. You can tell from our live performances what a joy it is to make music together.

Our instruments include bass, accordion, guitar, violin, ten string kantele and percussion. Our songs feature solo and polyphonic voices, and range in mood from the tender to the boisterous. A speciality of the group is the revival of songs from eastern Karelia, sung in Karelian, in unconventional arrangements.

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NEW CD ALBUM "OMA" RELEASED!!!!

"Burlakat" is a Karelian word that means "vagabonds".