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11 Apr, 2009

Polish music: Justyna Steczkowska

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

I haven’t posted any music for a while, but earlier today came across an artist I used to like some time ago, Justyna Steczkowska.

I haven’t heard her latest music, but if the newest video is an indication of her current musical preferences, I don’t think I’m interested.

Her older stuff is much more interesting. Justyna took Poland by storm in mid-1990s after winning a talent contest on Polish TV (yes, Poland did have its own Pop Idol back then and it was very successful too!). She released her first single ‘Dziewczyna szamana’ in 1996 and I’ve just found a jazzy version of the song, which I quite like:

If you’d like to hear the original version and are using Spotify, here’s the link. I’ve also added the song to thepolskiblog’s Spotify playlist.

But here’s another, quite different video by Justyna, called ‘Grawitacja’:

I just hope the recent more commercial, bland stuff is just a temporary ‘problem’….

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2 Responses to "Polish music: Justyna Steczkowska"

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April 15th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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Back in Poland I used to sing in a band and we did a cover version of “Grawitacja”. It’s one of Steczkowska’s best songs. I must say I haven’t heard much of her new stuff, but I like the old ones. I remember one song called “Ukolysze nas sitowie” – no lyrics, just her voice, a truly hypnotic piece of music. I used to listen to it for hours.

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