the POLSKI blog

When I say fresh here, I mean new – new to me at least. I’ve discovered  Michał by accident when someone posted a link to this lovely video.
Michał talks about his music (in Polish, but with English subtitles) and the clip is illustrated with his fantastic acoustic jazz.
According to his site, his debut album, The [...]

“You Poles are so, so…, erm, cultured! Yes, that’s the word, cultured!”
My English musician friend used to tell me that whenever we used to meet in a pub years ago to talk all things Polish (for his benefit) and all thing British (for mine).
What he meant was probably this: most Poles are not afraid of [...]

Those of you who use Spotify probably know now that it’s become social and can be linked to Facebook. This way your Facebook friends can browse and subscribe to your playlists too.
That’s how I found out that – to my surprise – my Polish playlist has already 31 subscribers! That’s great!
It’s been modified a lot [...]

If you’re based in London – or are visiting at the end of May – this might be your biggest chance this year to sample the best Polish culture has to offer. At least in the musical sense.
Britain’s most famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, has been in love with Poland for quite some time now. And [...]

Have a look at this. This is a Polish group called Karbido, they use only one instrument – a wooden table:

They apparently performed during the Edinburgh Festival a couple of years ago, but to be honest I have never heard of them before.
They look intriguing. Have you seen them perform live? I’d love to know [...]

Well, Polish-Ukrainian. With some Argentinian influences.
Dagadana is a new group, which has just taken Poland by storm. Their debut CD was released earlier this month, but I’m told it’s very hard to find it in shops as it sells out within minutes.
According to their MySpace page, Dagadana’s music is a fusion of jazz, folk and [...]

You may have heard about the latest installation at Tate Modern in London by Miroslaw Balka, called How it is. It’s been there since October last year and – like every major installation in the Turbine Hall – it’s been covered by most mainstream UK media already. I only managed to see it for the [...]

Remember my Chopin post from a few weeks ago? Looks like London is getting ready for some Chopin celebrations too this year – just saw this in this week’s Time Out.
So glad there are more and more Polish events in London every year.

However, if you don’t want to splash out on Time Out, try the [...]