{"id":3805,"date":"2025-11-23T21:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/podruga-releases-a-concert-recording\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:48:46","slug":"podruga-releases-a-concert-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/podruga-releases-a-concert-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"Podruga releases a concert recording"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alternative pop band Podruga has released a socially distanced concert recording with nods to the 80s style &#8211; &#8220;PODRUGA on Tape&#8221;. The concert has been released not only online but also in a style-appropriate, long-unseen format &#8211; VHS tape.<\/p>\n<p>In a colourful and visually captivating performance, the band performed not only new arrangements of fan favourite songs but also the band&#8217;s latest melancholic single &#8220;So Long&#8221;, which was at the top of LR6 Radio NABA&#8217;s Latvian music TOP10 for 8 weeks. The show also featured the premieres of compositions from the band&#8217;s upcoming new album.<\/p>\n<p>The recording has been released in a very limited edition of atypical, but thematically appropriate format &#8211; VHS cassettes. 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