More Ilgi from Latvia

In celebration of Sintija's 13th birthday this past week, I am posting more songs from my favorite Latvian group, Ilgi. Sintija is doing very well, and all I can say is there are absolutely no doubts.

The first is "Labvakar, Rudzu Lauks" (Good Evening, Rye Field). There is a beautiful interlude with the Latvian instrument called the kokle at about 2:21.


The second is "Nesmejieti Jūs Ļautiņi," and I could not get a good translation from the Latvian, except that Jūs Ļautiņi means "You Folks."

Some music from Ilgi

While in Latvia, I thoroughly enjoyed the music scene and there was no group I enjoyed more than Ilgi, which played three times at Egle's, which was right below our apartment window. I am including a couple of songs they did that I really like. (The words are in Latvian; don't even try to repeat them unless you understand the language, believe me.) The first is "acis veras, aizveras" ("Eye opening, closing").

The photos in "Aiz upītes meitas dzied" ("Behind the river, daughters sing") bring back many, many memories!