{"id":1327,"date":"2025-08-01T17:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerlyilves.ee\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:30:54","slug":"viljandi-folk-swept-me-away-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerlyilves.ee\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"Viljandi Folk swept me away again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a year, I was for my great surprise invited again to take photos at the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viljandifolk.ee\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.viljandifolk.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Viljandi Folk Festival<\/a>. It was my absolute pleasure to be there once again. Thank you, Kristjan Priks, for your patience and kindness in making it happen again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking photos and running from one show to another is not easy, but great shots and great music make it up for me. I found some new favourites such as: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kadertarhanineofficial3970\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kadertarhanineofficial3970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kader Tarhanine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dzamboaguseviorchestra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D\u017eambo Agu\u0161evi Orchestra<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/trad.im\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe &amp; Daniel Quayle<\/a>. Of course, I was very happy to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marikalkun.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marikalkun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mari Kalkun<\/a> after a short break, and last year&#8217;s show-makers <a href=\"https:\/\/tradattack.ee\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tradattack.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trad.Attack<\/a>! and lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duoruut.ee\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.duoruut.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Duo Ruut<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was especially glad to be able to share my work with <a href=\"https:\/\/eestielu.ca\/viljandis-raagitakse-folgi-keelt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eestielu.ca<\/a> readers all around the world. So, if you didn&#8217;t get to go to Folk this year, then the gallery should give you a pretty good overview of what you missed!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_0024-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_0024-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_0024-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_0024-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trad.Attack! gave another wonderful show. Sandra is awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_02.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_02.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_02.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t get enough of Mari Kalkun&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_03.jpg?resize=600%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_03.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerlyilves.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07_02_25.7_00_03.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>New favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kadertarhanineofficial3970\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kadertarhanineofficial3970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kader Tarhanine<\/a> from Africa. Little did I know that I would end up on the stage with the band. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until the next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year, I was for my great surprise invited again to take photos at the wonderful Viljandi Folk Festival. It was my absolute pleasure to be there once again. Thank you, Kristjan Priks, for your patience and kindness in making it happen again! 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