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"The winds lulling a dreaming bear,

          small goblins growling

                and the cries of the seagull."
 


Veera Voima (b. 1975) is folk singer and teacher. She specializes in the rich finnish rune singing heritage and experimental vocal techniques. Her last project, Myths of Making, with a modern folk dance group Petkele was based on birth myths of Kalevala. Her previous solo, the Descendants of the Bear, concentrated on Finno-Ugrian singing tradition.

 

Besides Voima´s solo project, her singing can also be heard in modern folk music trio Suo, which is releasing it´s first cd fall 2007. Her other bands are all-girl-group Kaipuun Kukkatarha, which performs nostalgic hits from 50´s to 80´s and Cedip tur, a quartet which concentrates on throat singing from Tuva.

 

Veera Voima teaches folk singing, choirs and music theory in the Helsinki area. She has graduated as a folk singer in Sibelius Academy year 2004 and continues her studies there in the music education department.