Lõõtsavägilased (English: ''Accordion Heroes'') is an

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n folk music ensemble founded in 2014. The members of Lõõtsavägilased mainly play folk and traditional music. They have performed at all major folk festivals across Estonia and collaborated with Untsakad, Zetode,

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and

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History

The beginning of Lõõtsavägilased is sometimes considered December 2013 at the

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Music School, when

Margus Põldsepp Margus Põldsepp (born 3 November 1969) is an Estonian musician who performs in several ensembles, including Untsakad, Lõõtsavägilased and Põldsepp ja Pojad. Margus Põldsepp was born in Paide. He graduated from Valga, Estonia, Valga Children ...

created an ensemble containing his students, Andres Eelmaa, Rasmus Kadaja, and Tobias Tae, who went to study the

melodeon Melodeon may refer to: *Melodeon (accordion), a type of button accordion *Melodeon (organ) The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reed aerophone, free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal ...

as an additional instrument with Põldsepp. During the beginning of the ensemble, only instrumental stories were learned, but then more and more emphasis was placed on singing. During the first few years of the ensemble's existence, only four accordions could be seen on stage, but in 2017, soloist Andres Eelmaa exchanged his main instrument for a bass guitar to add more sound to the ensemble. In January 2019, Ott-Mait Põldsepp joined the ensemble, playing guitar and mandolin. From 2014 – 2019, the ensemble performed more than 600 concert performances.

Discography

Albums

* "Meie noor ja tormiline veri" (2015) * "Edimise numre miis" (2016) * "#Kolmaz" (2018) * "Pidu kodun" (2019) * "Lõõtsavägilased" (2022)

Singles

* "Edimise numre miis" (2016) * "Vanapoisi reilender" (2017) * "Kui laubä õhta jõudis" (2018) * "Ära sinä võtku pikka naist" (2019) * "Sabalugu" (2020) * "Kippar Kliiverpoom" (2022) * "Trellid Ees" (2023)

Members

* Andres Eelmaa -

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

, vocals * Ott-Mait Põldsepp -

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

, vocals * Rasmus Kadaja - ,

garmon The garmon ( rus, гармо́нь, p=gɐˈrmonʲ, links=yes, from rus, гармо́ника, p=gɐˈrmonʲɪkə, r=garmonika, cognate of English ''harmonica''), commonly called garmoshka, is a kind of Russian button accordion, a free-reed w ...

, vocals *

- ,

, vocals * Tobias Tae - ,

, vocals * Georg-Rasmus Mäe - sound engineer

References

External links

Youtube Channel

WIX Website
Estonian musical groups Estonian folk rock groups Estonian folk music groups Musical groups established in 2013 {{Estonia-musician-stub