The Latvian kolke is so very lovely….
Much traditional music from Latvia is pre-Christian and based on short, unrhymed poems called “dainas,” most of which concern themselves with stories about the sun goddess Saule or the moon god Meness, or about the lives of people at ceremonies surrounding birth, marriage and death. That all seems much heaver than the gorgeous multi-stringed Latvian kolke sounds. Enjoy Laima Jansone’s deligtful performance in this video.
