Kalnejas performing “Atlaid mani” at Sofar Riga on 2/21/2025. Sofar Sounds is a global community that connects a ...

“Dog of God,” Latvia’s second-in-a-row animated Oscar contender after the winning phenomenon “Flow,” continues to bark out loud after its successful launch at Tribeca and follow up bow at 30-plus ...

Saucējas are tremendously powerful. Experiencing them at Riga Music Week’s outdoor Folk Stage in Latvia’s repeatedly rain-sodden capital is akin to being blasted by a full-force leaf blower. Next up ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

On November 5-6, the first ever Riga Music Week festival and conference takes place in the Latvian capital. Plenty of Estonian artists are on the bill with a special section also dedicated to Tallinn ...

The vote is a setback for Latvia's centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina, who addressed protesters outside parliament this week Latvian MPs have voted to withdraw from an international accord aimed ...

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...

The network, dismantled in an operation on 10 October, is accused of scamming thousands across Europe out of nearly €5 million. Latvian police have busted a major internet fraud network that has ...

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13 after they failed to prove their Latvian language proficiency and to undergo mandatory security checks. Following Russia’s ...