It is heritage, it is contemporary, it is funny and it is danceable.

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Puuluup was formed in 2014 by two talharpa enthusiasts Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson.
An elegantly dressed gentleman with a gloriously deadpan sense of humour, playing the ancient Nordic string instrument talharpa. 

But this is not an ethnomusicological romp!  
They direct the vibrations of the talharpa’s horsehair strings through effects, using alternative bowing and rhythm techniques. The mellow sighs of talharpa are paired with electronically amplified echoes, knocks, creaks and crackles.  They create delightfully slinky songs about all possible random things around them. The lyrics combine many languages as well as Puuluup‘s made-up language, being mostly abstract and open to different interpretations. And they season their performances with weird choreography. 

Puuluup has performed in around 40 countries, received dozens of awards, impressing audiences with their happy craziness and even made it to The European Song Contest Final.

About Puuluup

Performance highlights:
Colours of Ostrava - Czech Republic 
OFF Fest - Poland
Rock for People - Czech Republic
Clockenflap - Hong Kong
Jodhpur RIFF, India 
Ziro festival, India
World Music Festival @Taiwan
Zandari festa - South Korea
Dranouter - Belgia
Rudolstadt - Germany
Sziget - Hungary
Europavox - France
Transmusicales - France
WOMAD UK
WOMAD Chile
Mundial Montreal - Canada
Globalquerque festival - USA


Performance highlights

Live teaser

Live at Europavox festival

Live KEXP session

Miusic video: Käpapuu

Talharpa was popular in Northern Europe since the early Middle Ages . In Estonia the tradition lasted until the beginning of 20th century, where it
was played by the Swedish population and was especially popular on Vormsi island, where it remained the dominant musical instrument until the end of 19th century. However, in the heat of religious awakening initiated by Swedish missionary Lars Johan Österblom Vormsi locals decided that talharpa is an instrument of the devil. So, they made a pile of their talharpas and burned them. Few men kept their instruments and continued playing. During the Second World War
most Vormsi population emigrated to Sweden and the talharpa tradition died out.

 It was reawakened by a few enthusiasts from Sweden, Finland and Estonia half a century later. Estonian Swedish talharpa and Finnish jouhikko have found new breathing rather recently in these countries.

About talharpa 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2025 – Estonian Music Awards: Band Of the Year
2025 - Estonian Music Awards: Album Of the Year
2025 - Estonian Music Awards: Song Of the Year
2025 - Estonian Music Awards: Ethno/Folk Album Of the Year
2024 – Eurovision award nomination: Best onstage band
2023 - Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cultural Award for their contribution to promoting Estonian culture international
2022 - Estonian Pop Music Award: Golden Plate, Ensemble of the year, Album of the Year
2022 - Estonian Ethno Music Awards: Best Band, Best New Folk Band, Best Album, Best Song
2022 - Estonian Music Awards: Best Band, Best Folk Album
2020 - Riga International Film Festival: BEST BALTIC MUSIC VIDEO 2020 award for Käpaäuu
2020 - Estonian Cultural Capital award for bringing exotic winds and enriching
unique Estonian folk music.
2019 - Estonian Music Awards 2019: winner of Best Ethnic/Folk Album of the Year +
nominated as the Best Album of the Year.
2019 -Riga International Film Festival: Short

Awards & Nominations

PRESS
Puuluup were the unmissable act of Jodhpur RIFF, because they didn’t take themselves seriously but they took their music very seriously.
Rolling Stone India, October 2025

“There’s something magical about discovering a group with such magnetism.”
“Etnosur: Un Festival Total”
Un Clavo Ardiendo. Juan Megías Pellejero. 11.08.2025 

“Puuluup are true originals with a cult following. They are doing something pretty unusual, pushing obscure folk material towards the mainstream with a whole lot of panache.”
Songlines. Simon Broughton, editor in chief

“Here the folk tradition of Estonia and Finland is broken down and rebuilt with a big wink and a lot of humor.”
https://www.moorsmagazine.com/muziek/folk/puuluup-viimane-suusataja/
Holly Moor - Moor Magazine , October 2021

“The Estonian duo Puuluup is a perfect example that the expression ”Less is More” really works.
Lira. Rasmus Klockljung. 16.02.2020

Press

Tour dates

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