Take a quick look at the Kraków music scene and you’ll notice more and more the presence of women in music. Let us be clear. It’s not that they haven’t been there, in fact, women musicians, singers and composers abound and their work speaks for itself. At times we wonder if we should wait a whole year to underline that fact with a blog post as this one. That is why we created the Women in Music (PL) Facebook group, so that any music project with a female component or input can have a year-round showcase platform. You can also browse the Women in Music category both, in our blog articles and in the artist profiles.
We said it before and we say it again:
…[O]n International Women’s Day, Kraków Music celebrates and thanks them all for their inspirations and aspirations, their paths and principles, their roles and resistance, their strength and grace, their creativity and influence. We encourage you (our readers) to listen to their music, but above all, to listen to their voice.
Here you have a succinct list of some new projects sprouting in the Kraków music scene worth your attention.
UMMA: an art-rock and trip-hop, Kraków-based quartet
Karolina Ostojska and Weronika Winter
EarthTwins
Maja Wikieł (PL) – Bass
A Latin American/Polish, four-piece, experimental, rock fusion blending jazz and funk grooves with progressive rock.
Guitar – Cristobal Arevalo Farizo (Chile)
Bass – Maja Wikieł (Poland)
Drums – Kamil Kaczmarczyk (Poland)
Percussion – Yoruk Esparza (Mexico)
Bardzo
Wiktoria Tabak (PL) – voice
A Kraków-based, folk-blues, indie duo., BARDZO is the music project of Wiktoria Tabak and Kajt Zawilski, both members of blues rock band The Dark Leaves.
Brighter Colours
Kasia Kobuszewska (PL) – bass
A Kraków-based, four-piece, alternative, pop rock band, Brighter Colours has an eclectic sound, which spans over a wide spectrum of pop melodies, contemplative themes, emotive beats and nostalgic ballads.
Jake Koch – guitar vocals
Michał Pietraszek – synth
Kasia Kobuszewska – bass
Bartek Pąprowicz – drums
Knedlove
Eliza Sicińska (PL) – vocals
A Kraków-based, vocal-guitar duo with an intimated and enveloping blend of soul & blues rock.
Eliza Sicińska – vocals
Kacper Chmura – guitars
Cheap Tobacco
Natalia Kwiatkowska (PL)
One of the latest additions to the Polish rock music scene, Cheap Tobacco is on the rise led by the magnetic charisma of their singer Natalia. A contemporary blend of old-school and pop rock, their sound is fresh and energetic.
Ninja Episkopat
Patrycja Wybrańczyk – drums
A Kraków-based, electronic-jazz trio “their sound [is] interspersed with curious radio samples, odd sound scrapings, bass loops, angular rhythmic guitar, funk/free jazz sax and rolling fills of mesmerizing percussion. Read full review.
Jarzmo
Katarzyna Bobik – drums
One of the latest additions to the local music scene, JARZMO is unlike anything you’ve heard before. First of all the tandem of instruments is very unique featuring a drum kit and a nyckelharpa. It’s not misspelled, look it up. The result is somewhere along the lines of doom-folk and acoustic-metal. Refreshingly innovative!
Box Anima
Natalia Orkisz – voice, cello
