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Jauno Jāņu orķestris

Jauno Jāņu Orķestris (JJO) grew out of the legendary Latvian rock group Dzelzs Vilks. Now and then the group included a folk song in its set list...until it established a separate group focused on this type of music. In one of its most recent projects, JJO created the music for celebrated Latvian director Roze Stiebra’s animated fi lm “The sun rode in the sky”. The plot is an original story revolving around the mythical characters Sun, Moon, Death, Wolf and Goat. The Sun and Moon have a daughter, who is kidnapped. Nabašnieks arrives along with Sister and Brother, and they wish to fi nd and bring back the little girl. But there is little time – if she is not rescued within three days, the Sun’s daughter will turn into just an ordinary girl. The soundtrack by JJO consists of folk song texts set to original compositions and has been released as a separate album. “The sun rode in the sky” is the title song from Stiebra’s fi lm and tells about the evil wizard who kidnapped the Sun’s daughter.