Moreover, she masterfully plays the kokles, a traditional Latvian folk stringed plucked instrument. On the stage, she improvises combining the ancient and the modern, the meditative and the impulsive. In 2011, she released her first solo CD, Sidrabs. In 2014, the artist was nominated for the Great Music Award in Latvia for her work on creating a new movement for kokles players. She has received a lot of credit for expanding the methods of playing kokles covering such genres as ethno-jazz, ambient and classical music. She has travelled all over Europe giving concerts, where she was applauded at the largest concert halls in Latvia, Italy, Belgium, Norway, Germany. Laima has also won the audience hearts in Australia, Japan and the United States.