Since Vladimirska’s first public concert as a full band in their hometown of Krakow, Poland, the response to their music has been enthusiastic, and they’ve been performing constantly in Poland and beyond. They’ve played at numerous festivals throughout Central Europe (in Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) and have toured extensively. They have also composed and performed original soundtracks to silent films as special guests at Krakow’s Silent Film Festival, the National Museum in Krakow and in the Warsaw Film Concert series. They have collaborated with Krakow’s most prominent theatres and cultural institutions and performed during the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Vladimirska’s debut album Night Trains, released by Gusstaff Records (Poland), was featured on the “Bestenliste 4-2011” of the German Record Critics’ Award (“Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”). The band’s second album, Paper Birds, was released by Gusstaff Records on February 10, 2017\. It was Radio Krakow’s “Album of the Week” (February 6-10, 2017) and the title song “Paper Birds” was featured by Trójka (Polish National Radio 3) as its “Song of the Day” on February 2, 2017.[/nk_text][nk_text]The band:[/nk_text]
Adrian Górka – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Zbyszek Szwajdych – trumpet[/nk_text]
Kamila Drabek – double bass
Samuel Calabuig – percussion[/nk_text]
Scotia Gilroy talks about the song “Paper Birds.”
I wrote the song “Paper Birds” shortly after I’d gone through some difficult times in my personal life. Sometimes, in the midst of very dark periods, it feels impossible to go on. You tell yourself: this is it, this is the end. You lose all desire to keep going with your projects, the things you love, and you don’t know if you’ll ever have the energy or perseverance to pick yourself up. This song is about the lightness that can come, like a miracle, in the darkest of times, when things seem impossible for you. If you just push yourself onward, and never stop believing in yourself, one day, again – you’ll be able to keep going. Just like paper birds, lying on a table. It might seem impossible for them to fly. Or is it? Perhaps they can take flight if they just believe in themselves enough. Music has kept me going through dark times, and if I keep playing, and keep letting the songs come out, life will always have meaning for me and I’ll have the strength to go on.[/nk_text]