Vetkafolk
Russia
Moscow folk band “Vetkafolk”, performs music in folktronica style. Vetkafolk band is a collective with a decent list of awards and high estimation of creativity, both from Russian and foreign critics. We have our own sound, our own style, and we can't be confused with anyone else. Finalists of the All-Russian music contest “Ethnolife - the sound of Eurasia” 2022. The album “Gorsti” entered the top 40 of the Transglobal World Music Chart 2021. The band was recognized as the “BEST NEW PROJECT” of the V Russian Ethnic Music Awards Russian World Music Awards 2020. Songs from the album “Gorsti” are heard in the movie by Valdis Pelsh “Russian North. Roads of Discoveries” 2021, and in Irina Muromtseva's movie ‘Women of Altai’ 2023. The aim of our project is, first of all, to develop and popularize the folklore genre, as well as to create a positive example of using folklore for the modern stage.