Born and raised in Latvia, Ilona Kudina was trained as a classical musician, earning a master's degree in flute performance from Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and becoming a flutist ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

1. Nine Ate (Greg Hopkins) 08:16 2. Dangerous Liaisons (Ilona Kudina) 06:28 3. And So What? (Ilona Kudina) 09:06 4. Zīdi, zīdi, rudzu vorpa (Latgalian folk song, arr. Ilona Kudina) 07:07 5. There's ...

The music program has been announced for 2026's Tallinn Music Week (TMW). This year's festival takes place from April 9 to 12 ...

Over the last twenty years, many bird species have disappeared. Including those that have been celebrated in Latvian folk songs since ancient times. Without these birds, the Latvian mythological ...

The 1960s folk revival may have peaked by the middle of the decade, but several influential artists carried on the tradition.

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

If you're looking to start an emotional battle inside your heart and mind, then we suggest listening to these three 1975 folk songs.

Lucknow: Amid dancing around bonfires on folk songs and the distribution of traditional til ke ladoo, rewri, and chikki, people celebrated the festival of Lohri with great enthusiasm. Newlyweds, clad ...

Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, where people gather around a ...

Andrew Mellor guides us through the available recordings of one of the most popular of modern violin concertos The first violin concerto by the Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Distant Light (Tālā ...