Jurga - vocals, programming, lyrics, music
Romas Rainys - electric guitar, accoustic guitar
Paulius Jaskunas - bass
Vytis Vainilaitis - drums
Marius Leskauskas - keyboards
The pictures from the concert tour "Instrukcija" (2007):
Brilliant new voice from the Baltics that we didn't know we were waiting for!
Jurga's biography: Jurga successfully started her solo career by releasing debut album Aukso Pieva (Field of Gold) back in 2005. The first single from debut album Nebijok (Don't Be Afraid) charted at Number One for 8 weeks and became the biggest hit single in Lithuania of 2005. Released in September the album Aukso Pieva has reached platinum sales (20.000 copies).
The debut album includes 12 songs in Lithuanian and English, almost all of them Jurga wrote by herself. Shortly after this Jurga received many Lithuanian awards – such as The Best Debut, The Best Song, The Best Album, The Best Female Artist and The Song of the Year.
Being artistic and original performer Jurga immediately received warm welcome from the audience and during the first year and a half played more than 120 sold-out concerts with the live band everywhere in Lithuania and neighbore country Latvia.
Fall 2006 marks the international release of Jurga’s songs on internet services such as Amazon, iTunes Music Store, Napster, eMusic, Virgin Mega, Sony Connect and others. For Jurga's music on Musicstore click here
On April 19th, 2007 second Jurga's album Instrukcija (Instructions) was released. It includes 13 brand new tracks, which again are written by Jurga in Lithuania and New Zealand. The album release is supported by sell-out tour across Lithuania with the visit to Anaberg Castle in Bonn, Germany.
In July, 2007 Jurga with her song '5th Season' has won the Grand Prix of the Baltic Song Festival in Karlshamn, Sweden. Few months later Jurga's success was sealed in Munich with MTV European Music Award for Best Baltic Act. This became the first ever MTV award in Lithuanian popmusic history.
During the career Jurga played the memorable concerts already in 3 different continents: Europe (Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Latvia), North America (USA) and Asia (Afghanistan).
2005-2007 in pictures:
Watch the brand-new Jurga's video 'Sandman's Child' (2008): Sandman's Child
O, kad tokiu zmoniu kaip tu ne tik Lietuvoje, bet ir siaip pasauly kuo daugiau butu ;]] Tie, kas supranta tikra ir gera muzika, lieka tau skolingi uz tas jaukias akimirkas tavo koncertuose arba klausant irasu ;]]
Noreciau padekoti uz vakar dienos koncerta, kuris buvo tikrai nuostabus ir nepakartojamas. Buvo isties gera vel isgirsti visiems gerai zinomas dainas bei nuostabias naujas dainas. Aciu!!!! Lauksime kitu koncertu!
