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Sunday Music ShowMoravian folk fusion band Hradišťan and Jiří Pavlica
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
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
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Current AffairsCzech scientists find hope for improved cancer treatment
A major advance in cancer treatment may be on the way, thanks in part to
the work of Czech scientists. Researchers from the Czech Academy of
Sciences in collaboration with colleagues in the UK have made significant
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Czech LifeDr. Pavel Boček – child oncologist and founder of a charity for young cancer patients
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SpecialPavel Bobek – Part 2
For a lot of Czechs, Pavel Bobek is THE voice of country pop, thanks to his
hugely popular Czech-language versions of hits by U.S. singers like John
Denver and Kris Kristofferson. He is also a trained architect, and was a
close friend of Jan Kaplický, who died in 2009 after a long and fruitless
struggle to have one of his plans realised in Prague. In this, the second
part of a two-part interview, Pavel Bobek speaks about Kaplický and
aspects of his own career. But first he discusses his love of Johnny Cash,
whose songs he recorded on his most recent LP. More
SpecialPavel Bobek – Part 1
Pavel Bobek is one of the greats of Czech popular music, best known for his
Czech versions of songs by American artists like Kris Kristofferson, Bob
Dylan, and his long-time hero Johnny Cash. A trained architect, he started
out in the Czechoslovak bigbít (rock’n’roll) scene of the late 1950s
and early 1960s, singing with an early version of the band Olympic before
becoming a member of the Semafor theatre, one of the country’s most
vibrant cultural institutions in the Communist era. More
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