Artist Info: Tarmo Ja Toomas Urb

Tarmo and Thomas Urb, singers who fled their native Estonia running from the KGB. At the time, Estonia was annexed to the USSR and ruled by Moscow. Tarmo and Thomas defied the stricture that only the official language, Russian, was to be used, and instead sang traditional songs in Estonian. Because of their immense popularity, the government ordered their arrest, but a friend with ties to the KBG warned them and they escaped, leaving their families behind. [read more...]