REZEKNE JAM

After my comments about the awfulness of Latvian radio two yesterday, which by the way, is in no comparison to the awfulness of Suffolk radio, I went to the spy bar in Old Riga yesterday evening to listen to a group of youngsters from Rezekne playing Latgalian music. It was really magical stuff. The youngsters play a combination of violins, bagpipes, accordions and drums and they sang really haunting Latvian, Russian and particularly Latgalian melodies. The sounds and harmonies were amazing and totally different from anything I have heard before. They play every Thursday and I shall be going there again..