Snarky Puppy - Somni World Tour 2026

Multiple Grammy Award winners Snarky Puppy are coming to Lithuania

On September 9, one of the most prominent contemporary instrumental music groups – the five-time Grammy Award-winning collective Snarky Puppy – will perform at the Compensa Concert Hall in Vilnius.

Tickets for the Snarky Puppy concert will be available for purchase at all Bilietai.lt box offices and online at www.bilietai.lt starting this Friday (February 20) at 10:00 AM. A day earlier, starting Thursday at 10:00 AM, members of the Live Nation Lithuania club will also be able to purchase tickets for the event. You can register for the Live Nation Lithuania club here: www.livenation.lt

The group's leader and bassist Michael League emphasizes that from the very beginning, the most important thing for the collective was the sound and content of the music. Snarky Puppy's work weaves together elements of funk, R&B, rock, classic soul, modern gospel, fusion, and jazz. However, the group itself avoids being pigeonholed into a single genre – this is not a traditional jazz ensemble. As Nate Chinen of The New York Times aptly noted, listeners should "take them as they are, rather than judge them by what they are not."

Snarky Puppy - Lingus (We Like It Here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc&list=RDL_XJ_s5IsQc&start_radio=1

Over a career spanning more than two decades, Snarky Puppy has constantly evolved and expanded its musical field. "Our sound has changed dramatically over the years," says M. League. "In the beginning, we were more jazzy, focused on complex musical structures. After moving to the Dallas scene, we became more emotional and deeper. We aimed to communicate clearly with the listener, but without simplifying the music."

In January 2025, the group once again joined forces with the Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest, known for its ability to combine jazz, classical, and popular music on a symphonic scale. The project was recorded live over three evenings in Utrecht (January 17–19, 2025), a decade after their first collaboration – the orchestral suite Sylva, released in 2015, which won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.

Snarky Puppy - What About Me? (We Like It Here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU_BZXSk

Their latest joint work is the album Somni, released in November 2025 by the record label GroundUP Music. According to M. League, it is the group's most ambitious project to date: "This is undoubtedly our most ambitious work – and at the same time, one of the most smoothly executed recordings. Every team – from camera operators to producers – worked with tremendous dedication and love." According to him, the warmest audience reaction in their entire 22-year history only confirmed that the group's music continues to reach listeners' hearts.