A Zoo Unlike Any Other – The Green Zoo Music Festival concludes with a mighty roar at Klub Re
An eclectic, blistering three-band finale with Trupa Trupa, The Band of Endless Noise and Why Bother? kicked off the last night of the Green Zoo Festival at a packed Klub Re on Saturday Nov 20th.
A million RPM – The Slow-cook Groove of 2 Cardigans & Bowtie’s New Single, Umkhathi
Listen to the new single by 2 Cardigans & Bowtie, a South African-based five piece blending hip-hop and jazz. Read the review and the commentary by compatriot, alto-sax Ethan Smith.
The Fake’s Real Thing. New live EP from Wrocław-based four-piece, a tour-de-force of brooding psych-rock energy
The new Live EP from Wrocław-based The Fake is a tour-de-force of brooding psych-rock energy. Recorded in the late Summer of 2020 just before lockdown in Klub Buda, Kraków, it doesn’t actually sound like a typical live recording.
Kraków Cellar Sounds: Underground Music, Underground – 2009-2017 Part 1.
Shaun ONeill opens the blog series “The (Recent) Archeology of the Kraków Music Scene” by reminiscing on his Polish musical adventure and revisiting the first two bands he played with: Too Pretty for Porn and Dust Bunnies.
Finnish Bluegrass under a Bieszczady Moon Reaps a Harvest of Plenty:
A Review of Paula Wolski’s New Album
The mature debut album from Finnish songstress Paula Wolski is powerful and playful in equal measure. Recorded in an old barn turned bar-slash-music venue in the Bieszczady mountains, LATO means barn in Finnish as well as summer in Polish. Listen to the first two singles and read the full review.
Music Makers & Dreamers of Dreams
An avalanche of ambient dreamscapes, Vangelis-inspired rapture, and shoegaze-esque introspection by Ethan Smith & Grzegorz Kosowski at the former Hotel Cracovia.
Music Meant to Be: A Quartet Made in Kraków
An audio feast for connoisseurs of eclectic genres and free-style improvisations, this explosive quartet came together during the Moving Out concert series hosted by Ethan Smith and organised in collaboration with Kraków Music.