The Baltic Sisters – Värav / Vārti / Vartai

Our dear friends at CPL-Music have a release I am rather excited about.  It should be available on the 31st of January, 2025, so our wait time is not so long.  You can pre-order the disc here. From the label’s press release: “The Baltic Sisters are a cross-border folk ensemble Continue Reading

Saucejas – Dabā

Our dear friends at CPL-Music have done it again!  This 60-track album by Saucejas is an ethnographer’s dream if you’re into Latvian music, and there is an organic feeling to this album.  Nothing too terribly processed, nothing added that didn’t need to be there.  The album is appropriately titled, as Continue Reading

Jauno Jāņu Orķestris – Div’ Svecītes

The Jauno Jāņu Orķestris (The New Midsummer Orchestra) are a folk music band hailing from Latvia, an area we don’t get to cover terribly much here on this blog, which is a shame.  This is a one-track single of very well-done traditional music with, of course, updated production values and Continue Reading