View source for Music of Vilnius and Kaunas

== Summary ==

Vilnius and Kaunas connect popular-music production, independent bands, clubs, concert choirs and folk revival. Separate urban areas retain national repertoire without treating all intervening countryside as metropolitan.<ref>[https://www.mic.lt/en/database/pop/history/ Music Information Centre Lithuania: popular music history].</ref><ref>[https://www.mic.lt/en/database/pop/composers-artists/ggsindikatas/ Music Information Centre Lithuania: G&G Sindikatas].</ref><ref>[https://www.mic.lt/en/database/electronic/history/ Music Information Centre Lithuania: electronic music history].</ref><ref>[https://www.mic.lt/en/database/folk/history/ Music Information Centre Lithuania: folk music history].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==

National pop, rap, band music, electronic releases and choral singing remain available alongside the more local emphasis. Individual recordings retain their own repertoire and performer context; local traditions are living practices rather than a complete portrait of residents’ tastes.

== History ==

Community song, instrumental practice and choir participation connect older regional repertoires with modern festivals, recordings and concert life. Vilnius and Kaunas connect popular-music production, independent bands, clubs, concert choirs and folk revival. Separate urban areas retain national repertoire without treating all intervening countryside as metropolitan.

== Genres ==

[[Lithuanian pop]]; [[Lithuanian hip-hop]]; [[Lithuanian rock and indie]]; [[Lithuanian post-folk]]; [[Lithuanian electronic music]]; [[Lithuanian traditional song and dance]]; [[Sutartinės]]; [[Estonian and Lithuanian choral song]].

== Artists ==

The linked genre articles identify performers and ensembles, and the listening selections retain work titles and version descriptions. A performer’s birthplace, a concert venue and the source of a traditional song are separate facts.

== Boundary definition and research ==

Vilnius and Kaunas connect popular-music production, independent bands, clubs, concert choirs and folk revival. Separate urban areas retain national repertoire without treating all intervening countryside as metropolitan. The outline is an approximate musical frame clipped to the detailed existing national land geometry. Adjacent and overlapping frames express shared connections. It does not assign language, ethnicity or taste to every resident.

== Footnotes ==

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