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Hradišťan is one of the country’s most respected interprets of folk
music. The band started as a folk music ensemble in the south Moravian town
of Uherské Hradiště – hence the name – in the 1950s but its rise to
popularity and critical acclaim began when Jiří Pavlica became the
band’s leader, or primáš, in the 1970s. More
ArtsNew electronic music/dance album by Jitka Charvátová (aka. Ji) earns rave reviews
Anyone familiar with the Czech electronic and dance music scene will have
come across the work of Jitka Charvátová, also known as Ji, the
charismatic and talented former singer for cutting edge groups like Skyline
and the late Milan Hlavsa’s 1990s band Fiction. Now Jitka has reset her
career with a recently released but already highly-lauded new solo album
called Feed My Lion, featuring 8-bit, electro pop and elements of hip hop. More
Sunday Music ShowPavel Bobek - a Czech country legend
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we listen to some of the big hits of
Pavel Bobek - one of the country's most popular country and rock'n roll
singers. More
Sunday Music ShowUž Jsme Doma
In today’s edition of our Sunday Music Show we listen to more than 20
years of “avant-punk” band Už Jsme Doma. Though the band has gone
through countless transformations in that time, it still remains one of the
most innovative sounds on the Czech music scene and a heavy influence for
new generations of Czech artists. More
PanoramaPrague celebrates the Art of Hard Rock
Hard Rock Café is celebrating its 40th birthday this year with a
travelling exhibition of memorabilia relating to the greats of the music
world who frequented its many outlets the world over. Entitled The Art of
Hard Rock the exhibition, which opens to the Prague public on January 12th
at the Dvorak sec contemporary art gallery in Dlouha street, is a
collection of musical instruments, paintings and drawings donated by the
likes of Jim Morrison, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Pete
Towshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Paul Stanley, Ringo Starr, Lou
Reed and Billy Idol. More
Sunday Music ShowThe Czech "Scumbag X"
This week’s Sunday Music Show is devoted to a musician going by the name
of Xindl X –a musician who combines rap, folk, hip hop, jazz and blues as
the mood takes him; a musician whose lyrics are laced with irony and who
says he writes protest songs which portray a world without God, morals or
love -a world of scumbags of the generation X. More
SpecialMarkéta Irglová and Marek Irgl: Daughter and father on her Oscar success and much more
In this special programme, we meet the Academy Award-winning musician
Markéta Irglová and, for an unusual perspective on her success, her
father, Marek Irgl. As well as the impact of her Oscar win in 2008, the
subjects discussed include Markéta’s beginnings in music, how bandmate
and ex Glen Hansard has influenced her career, the writing of “Falling
Slowly”, her new solo project, and distance and family ties. More
Sunday Music ShowMusic by much-loved pop star Miro Žbirka
In this edition of the Sunday Music Show we profile Slovak pop star Miro
Žbirka. The Prague-based singer, widely known by his nickname Meky,
released his first album in Czechoslovakia in 1979 with the pop group
Modus, a band with which he recorded now classic hits like Dievčatá,
Drahá and others, before moving on to a successful solo career. Žbirka,
whose mother was from Great Britain, also sings in English so we’ll be
hearing a variety of material, including one song off from remastered
material recorded in English in West Germany in the 1980s. More
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