Poland, being already with one foot in the European Union, is still a country widely unknown in the European folk music scene. And that although there is currently a very vibrant folk music scene. Kapela ze wsi Warzsawa is one of the magnificent bands that Poland has produced, and this young innovative band was this summer guest at the Tanz & Folk Fest Rudolstadt. We took this opportunity to talk for FolkWorld a bit with Maciej, drum player in the band, about the band and the Polish folk music scene.
Poland - young innovative folk band and the Polish folk scene
WIN CD SAMPLERS OF POLISH FOLK MUSIC!
The Continental Celts series, Part VI. EXPO 2000 in Hanover is over, so why again setting the spotlight on Hanover? Well maybe because out of this town comes probably the best German Irish trad. Band, that can easily take it up with its Irish colleagues. Or because Hanover hosts some of the best Irish folk sessions in Germany, where always this Irish trad band plays an important part.
Germany - highest quality Irish band
WIN DEREELIUM CDs!
On a fine autumn morning, Tom Keller stumbled from the Newcastle ferry. Sick, not because of 16 hours on the stormy North Sea, but rather of the Bulgarian showband in the ship's bar. Fortunatly, there were better things to come. Tom looked on his journey behind the showcases in Scotland & Northumbria...
Sotland/Northern England - Music travels and culture
The Copenhagen Irish Festival. Arriving half an hour before the Friday night concert should start, the way to the bar of the festival café gave already a wonderful indication of the treats to expect during this November weekend: Several mighty sessions in the rooms of the café, the atmosphere was great, the Guinness was flowing; and there was a special kind of cosiness that the Danish would probably call "hygge" - classicist rooms with comfortable armchairs, lit mainly by candlelight. And yes, it was a very comfortable weekend with loads of great music.
Copenhagen Irish Fest - the story of it plus some impressions of this year's feast
It seemed three years ago that Niamh Parsons was on the cusp of a carer as a contemporary singer, we wondered, and pondered and asked the key question, would she become the new Mary Black?. Back then she was involved with the band the Loose Connections . Times and things musical change and Niamh's career has taken a different route, as Sean Laffey found out when he visited her in her Malahide home.
Ireland - the most beautiful voice in the Irish scene
Susan McKeown's new album Lowlands was released on the Green Linnet label in early October . She has been living in the US since 1990, yet she hasn't forgotten her Dublin roots. On the eve of her UK and Ireland tour, Susan talked songs and sources with Seán Laffey.
Ireland/USA - brilliant singer
At the end of his two months in Denmark, Michael Moll can even claim to have seen some folk music over there, although being based in a relatively non-folk area in mid-Jutland. This feature is about Christmas beer and lunches, Phønix, ticket calls, Drever & Chisholm, Jazz and Europe...
Scanfolk Series about Denmark, featuring reviews, thoughts etc.
When Eelco Schilders had the chance to listen 3 years ago the first time to a CD of The Transsylvanians, he loved it from the first minute. "I couldn't sit still and the music made me smile and dance through the room. Nobody seems to know them and it took me three years before I saw them live on stage for the first time. It was also my chance to meet them shortly and ask them a few questions." So enjoy this story of a Berlin based band, playing Hungarian music.
Hungary/Germany - wild music with Bartok roots
Rambling House is a project of Joe Herrington, bringing 30 musicians of diverse generations on tour to carry the spirit of an Irish kitchen session into a concert hall.
Ireland - traditional house session brought onto stage
