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 ...

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This new festival in Latvia will feature four weekends of concerts from the likes of London Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. A new music festival is launching in Latvia ...

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 ...

Members of Tianchang Band perform during the Rigas Ritmi (Riga Rhythms), the annual international jazz festival in Riga, Latvia, on July 6, 2019. Rigas Ritmi (Riga Rhythms), the annual international ...

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The song is repetitive, yes, but Bangalter's maddening use of dynamics and modulators keeps the listener engaged. By Kat Bein Any Daft Punk fan who’s listened to Homework knows the robots can ride a ...

Described by the UK's Daily Telegraph as one of the Top Ten Music Festivals, the Riga Jurmala Music Festival 2022 comprises four weekends each presenting a major international orchestra: the Mariinsky ...

LIKE...the Beatles return to the Riga Music Bar, Westcliff, for another night of Fab Four classics on Saturday. Their last performance at the Milton Road venue went ...

Tom Service visits the ancient port of Riga, Latvia's capital and one of two European Capitals of Culture for 2014 alongside Umea in Sweden. As the BBC's Damien McGuinness explains to Tom at locations ...