{"id":3069,"date":"2022-06-17T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T06:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmdf.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=3069"},"modified":"2022-08-03T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T02:54:58","slug":"015-atalyja","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/artist\/015-atalyja","title":{"rendered":"Atalyja, Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"642\" src=\"http:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja-960x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja-960x642.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja-630x421.jpg 630w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Asset-015-web_0001_I-00-ltu-atalyja.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contemporary<\/strong> <strong>re-imagining of Lithuania&#8217;s unique polyphony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in the autumn of 1998, Atalyja (\u201cThe rain is coming\u201d) is a Lithuanian folk-rock music band bringing the ancient songs of Lithuanian folklore closer to the contemporary listener through unique and ingenious arrangements.\u00a0Ancient melodies with rich tonal palettes are enriched with elements of rock, jazz, funk, blues rock, metal and Indian music.\u00a0At the core of the repertoire are sutartin\u0117s (polyphonic archaic songs &#8211; glees), and traditional Lithuanian instruments (kankl\u0117s, panpipes, violin, bagpipe, Jew\u2019s harp) are ingeniously combined with an eclectic mix ranging from electric guitars and rock percussion to North Indian instruments like the bansuri (transverse Indian bamboo flute) and tabla (Indian pair drum).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atalyja.com\">https:\/\/www.atalyja.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3069","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry","artistscat-artists015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/3069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}