Osan Yöstä - Revontulet (Northern Lights)

Osan Yöstä (Part Of The Night) is a super-group of Finno-Ugric folk, rock and pop performers. The band started in 2011 in Petrozavodsk. The line-up includes 6 singers representing different Finno-Ugric nations. The song ’Northern Lights’ is the result of a collaboration of 30 musicians and translators from 4 countries. It is based on the eponymous poem written in 12 Finno-Ugric languages. The poem features Aapo Ilves, an Estonian singer, songwriter, actor, dramatist, novelist and journalist. In 2004 Aapo’s song ’Tii’ was performed by Neiokõsõ in the semi-final of the Eurovision contest. The song was recorded in Petrozavodsk in September 2011 during Carelian Faces festival. The song includes couplets in Khanty, Komi, Finnish, Karelian, Udmurt and Izhorian languages. The chorus lists all Finno-Ugric peoples’ endonyms. The song was recorded with assistance of ’Nuori Karjala’ society and ’