Both a music industry conference and an indoor festival, this year’s edition of Tallinn Music Week drew more than 200 artists from 26 different countries. <br /><br /> Alongside the festival’s official programme, people open up their homes and workplaces to host free concerts throughout the event. <br /><br /> According to Tallinn Music Week founder and director Helen Sildna, music is part of Estonia’s DNA: “Everybody knows about the singing revolution and how music has played an integral part in our history and culture throughout the centuries. People celebrate anniversaries, birthdays or mid- summer nights, and they do it by singing.”<br /><br /> Swiss-based artist Ingrid Lukas returned to her native Estonia to showcase her new album Demimonde. She talked to euronews about her unique combination of traditional and modern song forms.<br /><br /> “It’s all here, inside me. I was born in Estonia, those are my roots. The modern part comes from my drummer and the urban city I live in, Zürich. What I try to do is combine nature,
