I'm from Estonia. Frankly some of the local stuff I care about is not on Spotify, but since the biggest ISP brings Spotify here (and the other competes with Deezer), hopefully things change soon.
Links lead you to their Spotify artist pages.
Anyway, Estonia is... a small country. There are pretty special sounds that nod to our cultural background and folk music, our own punk scene etc, and there are very famous singers who write songs more reminiscent of western pop.
The most famous classical music composer is Arvo Pärt. I got in touch with a fellow Amon Tobin listener from UK, and he said that he loves Arvo's music, so I thought it's nice to mention him.
An example of folk would be Curly Strings. Some songs have really cool lyrics.
Good examples of Estonian punk rock sound are J.M.K.E and Vennaskond. Many of their songs are pretty much legends and every Estonian with enough culture in their blood should know their songs. ; )
Now to the famous singers in this local pond:
Ott Lepland - rose from 'Estonian Superstar' show, really loved by many.
Both he and Koit Toome have been to Eurovision (won't talk about the results...) Koit also discovered he has an impressive high-end / falsetto department and now his Christmas sessions are spent in various churches and soulful Christmas concerts, singing completely different repertoire of content than what you can hear on his Spotify page... :')
Vanilla Ninja is from Estonia, a girl band from Tallinn, the capital of Est. They had quite a fame in Europe and were loved by many. The band has been discontinued for about 9 years now, though.
There is likely a lot more to cover up, but I don't want to make it too long. 🙂
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