{"id":3536,"date":"2025-11-23T21:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/funk-soul-band-very-cool-people-goes-to-central-europe-and-balcan-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:47:26","slug":"funk-soul-band-very-cool-people-goes-to-central-europe-and-balcan-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/funk-soul-band-very-cool-people-goes-to-central-europe-and-balcan-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Funk &#038; soul band Very Cool People goes to Central Europe and Balcan countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This autumn the most popular funk band from Latvia Very Cool People (VCP) is coming back to Central Europe with their second tour. The tour includes two concerts in Hungary, two concerts in Romania, two concerts in Serbia and a final concert in Slovenia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy to return to play in Hungary and Romania also this year. We really enjoyed our concerts last year in Szimpla\u00a0Kert, Budapest and Babel Camp, Balatonboglar, the people &#038; hospitality were amazing,\u00a0so we are more than happy to come back to these venues. The five concerts in Romania we had with the local band FUNKorporation were also unforgettable, and our cooperation resulted in a recording together with singers Hannah and Erika of the song \u201cOff The Ground\u201d, which is included in VCP\u2019s new album \u201cCaution! Contains Words\u201d. This year we are coming back to Atelier Cafe, Cluj Napoca &#038; and getting to know a new place where we haven&#8217;t played yet\u00a0\u2013 Taverna Timisoara, which seems like a really cool place with great artists playing there, like soul music legend Fred Wesley, for example\u201d, comments VCP\u2019 leader Elvijs Grafcovs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, VCP played in the biggest European showcase \u201cEurosonic Noorderslag 2019\u201d in the Netherlands. 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