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: Lautari
Tag: Polish music
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: 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…
Granddaughter’s Notes
One of the WOMEX highlights in Poland this year was for sure the opening performance of Kapela Maliszów, a family band from Poland, including…
Maria Pomianowska & Reborn Announce Second Part of 2017 American Tour
Renowned Polish musicians and composer Maria Pomianowska and Reborn will be performing in the American Midwest in September and October 2017, including stops at Bloomington,…
Innovative Folk Music from Poland at WOMEX 2017 Inauguration
A trio of acclaimed renowned Polish folk groups is set to open the World Music Expo, WOMEX, on October 25, 2017. Vołosi, Kapela Maliszów and…
Kroke’s Alluring Musical Travels
Kroke – Traveller (Universal Music Polska, 2017) Kroke, the Polish world music band that is highly popular abroad, in countries like Germany and Spain, has…
Artist Profiles: Tomasz Kukurba
Tomasz Kukurba was born in Cracow, Poland in 1969. He started playing the violin in elementary school. At the age of ten he sang in…