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ILGI

About Me

ILGI brought Latvian post-folk to the No. 2 spot on the World Music Charts Europe, toured the United States, released its eleventh album, and visited Croatia with the Latvian President - all in the past three years. "It's the top of modern folk music." FolkWorld 11/2007

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Member Since: 19/10/2006
Band Website: www.ilgi.lv
Band Members: Ilga Reizniece (vocals, violin); Maris Muktupavels (vocals, kokle (Baltic psaltery), bagpipes, pipes, jaw harp; Gatis Gaujenieks (vocals, bass, trough fiddle, mandolin, domra, frame drum); Egons Kronbergs (guitar, balalaika); Martins Linde (percussions)
Record Label: Platforma Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New music video out!

Ilgi, Latvia's most famous world music group, just finished making its first music video after recently releasing a CD of Jani (summer solstice) songs "Isakas nakts dziesmas".  The video, featuring...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Jani update

Our thanks to everyone who braved the rain last Saturday to join us in Vrmanis Park at our "Songs of the Shortest Night" CD release concert.  Thanks also to the event organizers, to the dancers, and ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:31:00 GMT

Latvians Online on live online concert from Riga

http://latviansonline.com/blogs/article/5625/I<#i concert, streamed from R+ga, focuses on MidsummerAndris Straumanis June 07, 2009 I watched a wonderful concert live over the Internet today. The pos...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:00:00 GMT

LIVE online concert from Riga today!

Tune in for live ILGI concert from Club Essential in Riga, Latvia today - Sunday June 7th, www.platforma.lv The show starts at: 20:00  Latvian time 17:00 GMT 1:00 p.m. Eastern St...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:44:00 GMT

New CD coming out: "Songs of the Shortest Night"

I<#i's new upcoming album is a contemporary interpretation of ancient JFi songs that will speak to and enthuse even those who have yet to realize the true meaning and magic of the summer solstice."...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:59:00 GMT

Liepaja

Hi everyone. Sory for not posting anything recently. We've been quite busy recording and working on post production of our soon to be released Janji CD.So it comes as a very wellcomed distraction ... ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT

ILGI - 1st day in studio recording a new CD of Midsummer songs - April 20, 2009


Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:21:00 GMT

Annual ILGI Christmas concert

We're not afraid to say the name "Christmas" as some in the world seem to be, although our annual Christmas concert is centered not around any religion but Latvian traditions of winter solstice. Thi...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:41:00 GMT

Gig in Moscow

Hi everyone! We're just back from Moscow. It had been some 5-6 years when we played last time in capital of Russia. And actually that was in Latvian embassy, so technically on Latvian soil. (More of...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Update

Hello from Riga  Capital city that is just going nuts about singing and dancing this week We haven't written here anything for some time. But that's not because we've done nothing. It's probably qui...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:52:00 GMT