Artist Profiles: Jerzy Bawol
Born in Cracow in 1969, Jerzy Bawol started playing the accordion in elementary school at the age of nine and gave his first concert at…
Artist Profiles: Lautari
Lautari’s music is modern, jazzy in sound rooted in Central European tradition. Folk motives, played on piano, violin, clarinet and flutes, thanks to brave arrangements…
Artist Profiles: Orkiestra p.w. sw. Mikolaja
The Saint Nicholas Orchestra (Orkiestra p.w. sw. Mikolaja) came into existence in 1988. Since then the band has focused on everything associated with folklore, especially…
Artist Profiles: Miguel Czachowski
Polish guitarist Miguel Czachowski was born in 1974 into a family of flamenco lovers. At the age of 12, he began learning to play the…
Artist Profiles: Tomasz Lato
Bassist Tomasz Lato was born in Cracow in 1968. Both his parents were musicians, and so he started playing the piano as a child. At…
Artist Profiles: Transkapela
After the success of its first album Sounds & Shadows, which was rewarded with a title of the best Polish folk record 2005 year in…
Artist Profiles: Warsaw Village Band
The Warsaw Village Band (Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa in Polish) emerged in 1997 and simultaneously conserves traditional music and experiments with modern instrumentation and subject…
French Horn Exotica
Ken Wiley – Cuerno Exotica (Krug Park Music, 2018) French horn virtuoso Ken Wiley showcases the versatility of the French on Cuerno Exotica (cuerno means…
Artist Profiles: Pinikpikan
Pinikpikan’s story started during the first Baguio Arts Festival. Participating artists from Manila had joined up with members of the Baguio Arts Guild at a…
Artist Profiles: Danongan Kalanduyan
Danongan Kalanduyan was a master of all aspects of the Mindanao tribal style of kulintang music and an essential artistic figure in practically all major…