gigi
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Post by gigi on May 3, 2009 16:03:30 GMT 1
Polish roots music. This song is unnerving. More so than jazz? ;D I agree about the fourth song. The third one is rather interesting. I'm not sure what kind of mood I would need to be in to listen to it for any length of time, though.
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Post by valpomike on May 3, 2009 21:33:39 GMT 1
I still think great Polish Jazz rules, so do many fine Polish people, who know, what is good.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 3, 2009 18:58:22 GMT 1
Polish roots music. This song is unnerving. More so than jazz? ;D I agree about the fourth song. The third one is rather interesting. I'm not sure what kind of mood I would need to be in to listen to it for any length of time, though. Rooting for Roots The Warsaw Voice 17 June 2009
The Warsaw Village Band has been playing music inspired by Polish folk tunes for 12 years. This year the band received a Fryderyk, the most prestigious award in the Polish music industry, for its album Wymiksowanie (Upmixing) and released another album, Infinity. Since 2004, when the Warsaw Village Band won the prestigious BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in the Newcomer category, it has given more concerts abroad than in Poland. For example, June 27 the group will perform at the famous Glastonbury music festival in Britain.
Piotr Gliñski, who plays the baraban drum in the band, talks to Marcin Mierzejewski about the group's inspirations and the idea of returning to disappearing roots.
What is a baraban drum? To put it simply, it's a big drum. In terms of percussion instruments, Polish folk music has used two kinds of drums: frame drums, including a popular small drum with jingles that resembles a tambourine, and big drums that may just as well be used in, say a firemen's orchestra, not necessarily in the countryside. And indeed, the instrument is sometimes called a fireman's drum, while people in the countryside call it baraban.
You perform at festivals alongside other world music stars. What distinguishes Polish bands from others? Perhaps a combination of lyrical singing with a certain wildness. This seems most typical. If you listen to a Mazovian violinist, you may be shocked by the wild tunes he's playing. And on the other hand, you have very lyrical songs performed by village women that will hit you in the heart.
Did the band intend all along to return to roots? That can be seen, for example, in the titles of our albums. Wiosna ludu (People's Spring) was intended as a reference to the struggle to encourage interest in our roots. We had the impression then that Poles are ashamed of their roots and music. When Latin American music became popular, we used a slogan for our concerts-"Not Cuban or Creole, but Polish."
In the countryside, you can still find traces of traditions that have disappeared from the cities. We wanted to remind people of them. However, the band was never interested in evoking tradition fully. We sought in it something that would be of interest to us so that we would be able to offer something new.
Is that true that you travel villages in search of authentic folk music? These were the beginnings of the band- traveling across Mazovia, recording music on a recorder, meeting elderly people who might be missing most of their teeth but who can still remember how to play a wild oberek on the violin. We also visited producers of folk instruments. This is how we worked on the first two albums. Later, particularly with Wykorzenienie (Uprooting), we used the extensive Polish Radio archives, and later the excellent Muzyka Ÿróde³ (Music of the Roots) series with recordings from different regions of Poland. This is perfect material to use for a band like ours.
Which region of Poland is most important for the band? Naturally, Mazovia is top of the list as we come from here. And it's easier to go on a bike trip with a voice recorder to Tarczyn [outside Warsaw] than to, say, Szczecin [several hundred kilometers away]. In our search, the Radom region had a special place, since it's rich in terms of folk art. For example, in the Rdzuchów village area, there are still several violinists who play authentic Polish trance music. This is unique. Our music also includes songs from the Kurpie region, a song from the Che³m area, and "Pada deszczyk" (It's Raining) song from the Suwa³ki area, one of our best known pieces. But in general, we focus on the Kurpie and Radom areas. You could say that the band plays the music of the lowlands; we do not take much interest in highlander music.
Is roots music dying out? This is a fact, metaphorically and literally. Tradition is passing away with the older generation since no one in the countryside is interested in continuing it. For example, no one today is impressed by the fact that someone can play a unique stick-shaped violin. Meanwhile, for us, or for ethnographers or music experts, this is a very valuable skill.
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 5, 2009 22:04:53 GMT 1
Polish roots music. This song is unnerving. More so than jazz? ;D I agree about the fourth song. The third one is rather interesting. I'm not sure what kind of mood I would need to be in to listen to it for any length of time, though. Warsaw Village Band plays Polish folk music for all generations By Michael Machosky Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Thursday, October 29, 2009
Of all the places around the world one might look for exciting, innovative new music, Polish folk music would probably rank near the bottom.
The Warsaw Village Band — performing Monday night at Synod Hall in Oakland — is beginning to change all that.
Their slogan, "Polish music ... ancient to the future" — borrowed from the Art Ensemble of Chicago — pretty much sums up their approach. The entirely acoustic six-piece band has made it a mission to dig deep into the traditional music of Poland, reviving musical styles and instruments — like the frame drums, hurdy-gurdy and suka (a Polish folk fiddle) — that had all but vanished. But they've also incorporated a broad, sophisticated understanding of other folk traditions, from jazz to West African rhythms and Indian raga.
Oh, yeah, and the occasional touch of Polish hip-hop.
"Future is determined by past, so if you want to know what will be in the future, you have to get knowledge about past," says Warsaw Village Band's multi-instrumentali st Wojtek Krzak, who has a strong command of English. "That's why we started searching in our old music."
"But we are not purists. We love modern styles, we play in different groups from punk to blues. Joy is the most important. We are far from playing to 'keep tradition alive.' We are musicians, not ethnographers. "
The sound is full of contradictions — utterly unique yet somehow strangely familiar; rustic yet cosmopolitan; raw and vigorous yet lovingly crafted; full of sadness yet played with the euphoric gusto of a Gypsy wedding band. There are ballads, digressions and collaborations, but most songs are driven by the high-pitched, hypnotic vocals of Magdalena Sobzak and Maja Kleszcz.
In other words, this isn't your grandpa's polka band. Polka is an influence, but a small one.
"It's just a dance — old dance," Krzak says. "We do not play polka as it was in (the) past. Polish music tradition is more than polka. In my opinion, polka is the 'poorest' genre I can find in Poland."
Krzak sees the blues as much more central to the music, a universal touchstone across all styles.
"I understand 'blues' as the most natural way of playing any instrument — straight from (the) heart," he says.
The band has toured from Tel Aviv to Taipei, drawing diverse crowds.
"Mainly young people, but old too," Krzak says. "This music is good for all generations as (far as) I can see."
Warsaw Village Band's performance Monday night is presented by the Polish Cultural Council, Garfield Artworks and the Calliope Folk Music Society.
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Post by valpomike on Nov 5, 2009 22:30:03 GMT 1
POLISH JAZZ STILL RULES. Try it, and you will like it.
Mike
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Post by tufta on Nov 6, 2009 21:58:48 GMT 1
Bo, I read, and read, and read this interesting note, and then alll of a sudden it came to my mind it is about the group which bears the name Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa. Wow! Indeed likeable. Do they/you call The Beatles - Rzuki or the Rolling Stones - Toczące się kamienie? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 9, 2009 13:00:55 GMT 1
Bo, I read, and read, and read this interesting note, and then alll of a sudden it came to my mind it is about the group which bears the name Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa. Wow! Indeed likeable. Do they/you call The Beatles - Rzuki or the Rolling Stones - Toczące się kamienie? ;D ;D ;D ;D In the English versus Polish encounter, the last usually loses. So, Polish names are translated while English aren`t. ;D Rzuki is a Polish group of Beatles imitators. Strange but they changed to ¯uki.
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Post by tufta on Nov 9, 2009 13:11:02 GMT 1
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In the English versus Polish encounter, the last usually loses. So, Polish names are translated while English aren`t. ;D
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not so in Warsaw! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 11, 2009 9:11:17 GMT 1
POLISH JAZZ STILL RULES. Try it, and you will like it. Mike Chris Botti gave a concert in Warsaw. Not bad. Listening to it at the concert hall or a oub would be OK. However, listening to it at home or car for more than 5 minutes would be a torture. See and hear Botti: www.tvn24.pl/-1,1628165,0,1,botti-urzekl-warszawe,wiadomosc.html
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Post by valpomike on Nov 11, 2009 18:05:17 GMT 1
This is just one type of Jazz, try others, and I know in time, you will learn to love Polish Jazz as I do, in time.
Mike
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Post by valpomike on Dec 31, 2009 17:47:36 GMT 1
As I check all your postings, I have on some great Polish Jazz C.D.'s that my cousin in Warsaw, Poland sent me for Christmas. I still think Polish Jazz is some of the greatest. If you have not heard any, give it a try, and I am sure you also, will love it, as I do.
Mike
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Post by tufta on Jan 17, 2010 18:58:09 GMT 1
My boys make me listen this one ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by valpomike on Jan 17, 2010 20:38:35 GMT 1
Is that, Polish wrap music?
Mike
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Post by valpomike on Feb 26, 2010 17:26:49 GMT 1
Does anyone know of any new Polish Jazz Groups? If yes, who are they, and how do I find out more on them?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 1, 2010 14:30:49 GMT 1
Does anyone know of any new Polish Jazz Groups? If yes, who are they, and how do I find out more on them? Mike Write Polish Jazz in google.....
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 3, 2010 19:31:38 GMT 1
www.thenews.pl/culture/artykul128500_music-for-holy-week-sounds-out-in-krakow.htmlMusic for Holy Week sounds out in Krakow 30.03.2010 14:06
Now in it’s seventh edition, Misteria Paschalia brings some of the finest musicians to Poland’s spiritual capital of Krakow.
Report by John Beauchamp
Now in it’s seventh edition, Misteria Paschalia brings some of the finest musicians to Poland’s spiritual capital of Krakow for a festival of music that aims to provide a serene backdrop to Holy Week, a period of reflection and deliberation.
The festival this year brings together a number of leading musicians such as Jordi Savall, as well as ensembles from across Europe, including Il Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante, Les Musiciens de Louvre-Grenoble, and the Neapolitan Capella della Pietà de’ Turchini.
The festival has attracted attention from its form of advertising this year, with billboards across the country showing a modern portrayal of the bloodied figure of Christ. Not without reason, however.
Misteria Paschalia is fast becoming one of Poland’s major classical music events, and the Ministry of Culture is contemplating the nationwide emulation of Krakow’s Six Senses programme, a select group of festivals that sets a benchmark for cultural events.Related website: www.misteriapaschalia.pl/enwww.misteriapaschalia.pl/en
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 25, 2010 21:52:25 GMT 1
Contemporary punk rock. Simple but ear-catching. And intelligent clip.
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Post by tufta on Sept 3, 2010 20:18:45 GMT 1
Something to wake up Czesław Śpiewa is artist's name. the tite is 'O tych w Krakowie' (about those in Kraków) . I understand it is hard time for "those in Kraków', the beginning of a school year. For own children and for own pupils. But to neglect the forum to this degree? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Well, I DO understand, In fact i had a tough time too. One of my boys has just begun his lyceum, and one of the bst in Warsaw!, my daughter in turn has begun musical school, The old, last years routine is not relevant anymore, we are leraning the new one.
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Post by tufta on Sept 19, 2010 19:46:26 GMT 1
Beautiful song from Polish-Slovakian mountains. It tells a story of a guy who loved a girl from the Slovak side of the mountains.
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Post by tufta on Oct 14, 2010 8:27:45 GMT 1
An introduction Grzegorz Markowski is an icon of Polish rock music, member of a legendary "Perfect'. His beginnings were not that obviously rock-ing
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Post by valpomike on Oct 14, 2010 18:33:34 GMT 1
Tufta,
Do you like Polih rock music?
Mike
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Post by tufta on Oct 14, 2010 19:06:55 GMT 1
Yes Mike, I like rock music, pop music, even some of the jazz. I like the poetical music too. But to tell you the truth I most of all like the classical music.
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 14, 2010 21:42:37 GMT 1
Tufta, Do you like Polih rock music? Mike Mike, the true Polish rock rocketed in early 1980s, when I was a teenager. We were crazy about it then. I damaged the tape, listening to this song over and over again: Lady Pank, The Crisis Fiancee: And one of their hit classic songs in English:
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 19, 2010 21:38:28 GMT 1
I love this rock ballad by Myslovitz:
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 25, 2011 21:24:05 GMT 1
Warsaw’s top jazz club Tygmont has been included among the 100 best jazz clubs in the world by the American Down Beat magazine.
The American magazine has written that “this tiny all-wood cellar is Warsaw's jazz mainstay, with a programming that mostly includes Polish stars as well as weekly swing dance party and an annual festival organized by Poland’s Jazz Forum magazine”.
The Down Beat recommendation coincides with the 10th anniversary of Tygmont. It was founded on 27 January 2001 by two jazz enthusiasts – Marek Karewicz, photographer and organizer of jazz evens, and Krzysztof Boguszewski, a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology.
It is also a wonderful birthday present to Marek Karewicz. One of the most colourful personalities on the Polish music scene who has chronicled the history of Polish jazz for over five decades now, he is seventy three this week.
Tygmont has attracted all the household names in Polish jazz, including Namyslowski, Karolak, Nahorny, Muniak, and Dudziak. Among the foreign stars who performed there, and left their autographs on the Visitors Wall, is Bobby McFerrin.
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Post by valpomike on Jan 26, 2011 2:19:04 GMT 1
Polish Jazz rocks. Again Poland made the list. You need post more Polish Jazz, and in time, when you grow up, you could also, like it, as I do.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 3, 2011 20:14:37 GMT 1
Polish Jazz rocks. Again Poland made the list. You need post more Polish Jazz, and in time, when you grow up, you could also, like it, as I do. Mike I like it only when I sit in a Krakow medieval basement pub and I drink a lot of beer. Do you want me to become some beero?
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Post by valpomike on Feb 4, 2011 0:36:19 GMT 1
Are you not now?
Mike
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