Pidżama Porno: 35 Years of Polish Punk Rock
Pidżama Porno celebrated 35 years of music career in Kraków at Klub Studio with a powerful performance featuring guests such as Jacek Jędrzejak, Swiernalis & Bajzel.
Ablaye Badji Band @Klub Alchemia
The Ablaye Badji Band live at Klub Alchemia in Kraków. One of the best performances of the five-piece band so far in Kraków, this is the first collaboration between the legendary Alchemia and Kraków Music.
9 Polish pop artists at the Kraków Live Festival you need to know to be in
The 2022 edition of the Kraków Live Festival had a purely pop vibe. It featured electro-pop, hip-pop, neo-pop and rock-pop artists from abroad and Poland. Check out the Polish segment of the programme and see how up to date you are with Polish pop music and culture.
Fellowship of the Riff: Instrumental Doom Drum & Bass Edition
Bogdan Markiewicz plunges into the heave music scene in Kraków and shares his account of what went down in PAON as part of the concert series Fellowship of the Riff organised by label and booking agency Galactic SmokeHouse.
The Thrill is Back. Incendiary debut from blues trio at Indalo Space
On Saturday night in Indalo Space, Luiz de Oliveira (guitar, vocals), Wojtas “Śwital” Świtalski (percussion) and Ethan Smith (bass) tore into energetic and bombastic blues covers of BB King, Muddy Waters and John Mayall to name but a few. This is blues for the 21st century, it’s musical medicine administered in the depths of a snowy mid-winter’s night. Fu•k it – this is a blues revival – and it’s here and now.
African Duo Enchant and Enthral All at Villa Decius: A dark midwinter’s evening is the setting for a slice of summer sunshine
On 12 December 2021 the Villa Decius Cultural Institute hosted a unique performance which brought together for the first time two sons of Africa: Ablaye Badji (Senegal) and Ethan Smith (South Africa). Their first collaboration in Kraków, it captivated an audience eager for live world music.
Not Just Doom & Gloom: A Review of Grajdół Festiwal in Kraków
Born atop the Beskid Sądecki mountains, the Grajdół Festival made its way to the urbanscape of Kraków for a one-off show at PAON. Bogdan Markiewicz reviews the eclectic lineup headlining stoner doom four-piece Moonstone and featuring Ignu, Makiwara (both from Warsaw) and DJ Szoszana XD (Katowice).
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.
The Sunday Sessions: Cult Multi-kulti Kraków-folk Ensemble
A gift for melody and a charming penchant for live impromptu jams in legendary Kraków watering dens, founding member Phil Soanes reminisces on the collaborative songwriting project The Sunday Sessions, still fondly remembered by anyone lucky enough to have caught them in their element – live – in 2009 and 2010.
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.