{"id":3111,"date":"2025-11-23T21:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/three-latvian-acts-to-perform-in-the-great-escape\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:46:47","slug":"three-latvian-acts-to-perform-in-the-great-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/three-latvian-acts-to-perform-in-the-great-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Latvian acts to perform in \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For three days, from 19th to 21st of May, English seaside resort town Brighton will be new music capital of the world because it will host 11th annual \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d festival. Among more than 450 bands scheduled to perform in Brighton there are three Latvian acts as well \u2013bands \u201cCarnival Youth\u201d and \u201cHowling Owl\u201d as well as singer-songwriter Alise Joste.<\/p>\n<p>Each year \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d festival chooses one region that will be under the spotlight in the festival and this year it\u2019s Baltic States of Latvia and Lithuania. Due to this there will be total of seven acts from both countries in Brighton that will play two shows each. On Thursday, 19th of May from 6 to 7 PM at The Brighton Museum Music Export Latvia and Lithuanian Music Business Association will host joint party \u201cMeet Music Latvia &amp; Lithuania\u201d. This lead focus party will present food, drinks and networking to all of the interested delegates of the \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Latvian 2016 EBBA Award winners \u201cCarnival Youth\u201d already performed in \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d two years ago and that show was a launch pad for their success in recent years. This time they return to the festival already as a well-known band that will finish their \u201cPropeller\u201d European tour with two shows in Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Alise Joste at the moment is among hottest names in Latvian music as her second album \u201cHardships Are Ships\u201d won both Latvian Music Records award as the best singer-songwriter album of 2015 as well as Austras balva \u2013 a Latvian equivalent of Mercury Prize in UK. The last but not least of Latvian acts to perform in \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d is Latvian-Serbian avant-pop duo \u201cHowling Owl\u201d. 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