Ester Rada
Israeli actress and singer with Ethiopian roots, Ester Rada, grew up listening to the likes of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin as well to the founder of Ethio-jazz Mulatu Astatke. → read more
Poliça
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver told Rolling Stone that Poliça are the best band he’s ever heard. → read more
Easy Star All-Stars
Easy Star All-Stars originally formed as a studio band for artists at New York based label Easy Star Records. Cover versions of famous albums of even more famous artists turned the side project into one of the label’s flagships. → read more
Pitchfork names Anna Meredith’s album Varmints Best New Music
Anna Meredith’s new album received 8.4 out of 10 points in a rave review from Pitchfork magazine and was named “Best New Music”. → read more
Combo tickets to Pohoda and Rock for People 2016 at a reduced price
We’ve teamed up with Rock for People Festival to launch a sale of combo tickets with a discount of 17%. → read more
Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal
What is common for Stefan Olsdal, the co-founder of the band Placebo, and Miguel López Moru (Digital 21), the pioneer of Spanish electronic music, is their passion for electronic, rock, and classical music. → read more
Top dance company Nederlands Dans Theater to give two performances at Pohoda
“Nederlands Dans Theater is the best dance company currently dancing on this planet”, said about the Dutch company Nederlands Dans Theater Mário Radačovský, the former head of the Ballet Company of the Slovak National Theatre, who has cooperated with NDT in the past. → read more
Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?
The Finnish professional musicians ranked them on the top of the Tulevaisuuden Tusina poll (the list of 12 bands that will rock 2016). → read more
Michal at ILMC conference
Michal is at ILMC Conference (International Live Music Conference) in London. Yesterday, he took part in panel discussion “Global Perspective on Local Action” within Green Events & Innovations Conference and on Saturday, he will be leading a panel about emerging markets in Eastern Europe and Asia. → read more
Kiran Leonard
When the Guardian likened him to artists like Ed Harcourt, Rufus Wainwright or Frank Zappa, and Pitchfork did the same to Joanne Newsom, Kiran Leonard was only 17. Laura Snapes of Pitchfork called his song “Dear Lincoln” the undoubtedly most refreshing song she had heard in the whole year (Kiran wrote it when he was 14). Today he is 20, has recorded many other great songs, and will soon release his second album. He will come to show his great talent to the visitors of Pohoda. → read more