VIDEO ⟩ “Sudden Lights” captivates the Tallinn Music Week audience with a new version of the song “Aija”

VIDEO ⟩ “Sudden Lights” captivates the Tallinn Music Week audience with a new version of the song “Aija”

The Latvian quartet TMW played a half-hour long concert program for the motley audience. According to the organizers of the festival and music industry conference, 70 groups and individual artists from Estonia, 20 musicians from Finland, 9 groups from Canada, 7 artists from Poland and Lithuania, six musicians each from Latvia, Germany and the United … Read more

High Five Charity Marathon 2022: Standing Up for At-Risk Youth

High Five Charity Marathon 2022: Standing Up for At-Risk Youth

In 2020, Jānis Šipkēvics, Tautumeitas, Patrisha, Don, Aminata, Ralf Eiland, She, Jānis Aišpurs, Aija Andrejeva, Linda Leen, Intars Busulis, Carnival Youth, Evija Weber, Renārs Kauper, Māra Upman-Holstein, Goran Gora, Agnese Rakovska agreed “High five!” in the hymn “I know, You are”. in 2021 for “High five!” the anthem became the song “Pāri visam” created by … Read more

Sudden Lights: Unique Music Style and International Recognition | Concert in Mežapark, Riga

Sudden Lights: Unique Music Style and International Recognition | Concert in Mežapark, Riga

Photo: “Sudden Lights” concert in Mežapark This was the band’s only concert in Riga this year. As you know, this year the group represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Aija”, without making it to the final. The guys drew attention to themselves with their unique music style and energy, gaining wide … Read more

The Great Concert of Latvian Music Unites Local Musicians in a Grand Event

The Great Concert of Latvian Music Unites Local Musicians in a Grand Event

On Saturday, September 2, in Mežaparka’s Great Stage, in the joint, now second In the Great Concert of Latvian Music almost a hundred local musicians will agree on one beat. Liepāja Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Jānis Ivuškāns, Riga Chamber Choir “AVE SOL”, Roberts Balanas, Gustavo, roland če, “Singapore satin”, “Sudden Lights”, “Instrumenti”, boo, “Citi … Read more

Sudden Lights: Summer Sound Festival Performance and Upcoming Concert at Mežapark’s Green Theater

Sudden Lights: Summer Sound Festival Performance and Upcoming Concert at Mežapark’s Green Theater

The group “Sudden Lights” pleased the visitors of the second day of the “Summer Sound” festival with a performance. True, this was by no means the only festival where the band performed this summer. The participants have also been to the Song Festival and in the conversation they reveal which of the group’s songs would … Read more

“Why Song Quality is Not the Only Factor in Eurovision Success: Insights from Supernova 2021 Jury”

Both very good songs and very bad songs have not made it to the finals, but “Pirates” proved that you can go further even with a song that is a shame to listen to again. The most important thing is a sufficiently expressive show with intense running around. So, in principle, it is clear that … Read more

Latvia Places 11th in Eurovision 2021 Semi-Finals, Just Misses Out on Final Spot

Summarizing the results, Latvia received 34 points in the first semi-final and ranked 11th out of 15 countries, which means that we were the first to reach the final. Only three points separated Latvia from 10th-placed Serbia. We would like to remind you that this year only the audience’s vote was taken into account in … Read more

“Sudden Lights: Soloist Talks Audience Response and Message Ahead of Eurovision Semi-Final Performance”

The group’s soloist Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis said in a conversation with “Panorama”: “Of course, what we would like to feel, first of all, is the response from the audience, and we are sure of that – the audience, as in the first two rehearsals, was very powerful, and I’m sure it will be again tonight. … Read more