Storied Sounds is a beautifully-composed love letter to the Estonian landscapes of Tuulikki’s childhood, to more recent adventures, and to family and friends.

There is a glimmering vividness in these tracks. Pulsating cities, screeching seagulls, fishes flapping in nets, the smell of the forest in autumn and spring...all of these things, and more, are depicted powerfully in their reflective tunescapes. Ambient field recordings made in Estonia infuse several pieces, enhancing their already strong sense of place.

Storied Sounds evokes an elemental point where nature, memory and music converge.

Tuulikki says, “We transfer our traditions to each other, take our world with us wherever we go, and we take something with us from every place we visit, every person we meet.”

Tuulikki Bartosik - free bass accordion, voice, metallophone, all compositions
Timo Alakotila - piano
Villu Talsi - mandolin
Dylan Fowler - guitar


1. Daniels polska
2. November/Rõuge river in November/Rõuge jõgi novembris/Fireplace/kaminatuli
3. Tormilind/Seagull/Seagulls in the Baltic/ Balti mere kajakad
4. Time?/Aeg? /Nybrokajen,Stockholm
5. Leo slängpolska/Spring in Rõuge/Rõuge kevad
6. Calling in Rõuge/Rõuge hõiked
7. Theo the Tiger/Theo valss
8. Josefins vaggvisa
9. Zeltini secrets/Zeltini saladused
10. Orsa
11. Moon salutation/Tervitus kuule
12. To Hannah & Ben
13. Karins brudpolska