{"id":4057,"date":"2025-11-23T21:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/singer-keitija-barbale-releases-the-first-single-cau-kakao-announcing-her-upcoming-debut-album\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:31","slug":"singer-keitija-barbale-releases-the-first-single-cau-kakao-announcing-her-upcoming-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/singer-keitija-barbale-releases-the-first-single-cau-kakao-announcing-her-upcoming-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Keitija B\u0101rbale releases the first single &#8216;\u010cau, kakao&#8217; announcing her upcoming debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Keitija B\u0101rbale have just released her first single &#8216;\u010cau, kakao&#8217; and it is available on all streaming platforms, opening her debut album, which is going to be released September 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>20 year old singer-songwriter Keitija B\u0101rbale is an upcoming artist from Latvia, surprising listeners with her depth of lyrics and unique songwriting style. A mix between modern music, grunge and pop, her music attracts a variety of listeners while maintaining her Latvian identity and sound. Powerful live performances and stage presence, strong values and a sense of justice \u2013 Keitija B\u0101rbale\u2019s straight-forward attitude, personality and songs leave no one indifferent.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing her first single, the singer-songwriter, who doesn&#8217;t want to be pretentious, adds cryptically: &#8220;Romance never dies, just like bad pick-up lines&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nf9XXWprFXA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming debut album will present several songs composed by Keitija, the performance of which has been chosen in a seemingly minimalistic, but most accurately reflecting the essence of the work style containing only guitar and voice. The acoustically intimate debut recording was made in Liep\u0101ja, in the &#8220;Wiktorija&#8221; culture house, where the songs were recorded live and then mastered by producer M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Krasti\u0146\u0161. The album release process is managed by the agency MOO\/music observation organization.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: static !important;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keitija B\u0101rbale have just released her first single &#8216;\u010cau, kakao&#8217; and it is available on all streaming platforms, opening her debut album, which is going to be released September 2022. 20 year old singer-songwriter Keitija B\u0101rbale is an upcoming artist from Latvia, surprising listeners with her depth of lyrics and unique songwriting style. 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