Czech musician Vlastimil Bjaček has released an album titled Ruky na Dudách (i.e. Hands On Pipes) on the Indies Scope label. Vlastimil Bjaček is one…
Vlastimil Bjaček Releases Bagpipe Album Ruky na Dudách
Tag: Czech Republic
Artist Profiles: Vera Bílá
Vera Bílá is a Czech Roma, although her family originates from the Gypsy shantytowns of Slovakia. She smokes heavily, eats with gusto, and loves to…
Artist Profiles: Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr
Kocko & Orchestr is peculiar songster, singer, composer and speculator in the area of traditional Moravian and Slavonic artistic creation, history and religion. He and…
Artist Profiles: Terne Chave
Terne Chave (Young guys, in the Roma language) is an award-winning Gypsy music band led by Gejza Bendig that is specialized in Eastern European Roma…
Artist Profiles: Marta Topferova
Born in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, the young Marta Topferova moved with her family to Prague, where she began her musical career at age…
Artist Profiles: Kale
For many years Kale performed as Vera Bila & Kale (Vera White and The Blacks, as it translates). This relationship lasted until September 2005. Kale…
Artist Profiles: Iva Bittová
Violinist, singer and composer, Iva Bittová recognizes no boundaries in music. She is one of the most significant and original personalities of contemporary Czech music.…
Artist Profiles: Hudci z Kyjova
The cymbalom band Hudci z Kyjova was founded in 1994 by musicians who were already well-experienced players in other cymbalom bands. The first album called…
Artist Profiles: Gulo car
The Gypsy band Gulo car of nine members plays funk jazz music strongly influenced by Gypsy melodies and harmonies. In 2003 Gulo Car toured with…
Artist Profiles: Čechomor
During the decade of the 1990s, Čechomor established as a premier band exploring the wedding dances and folk songs of their native Czech Republic, combining…