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Pohoda acoustic session: Funny Fellows
Traditionally, the first video Pohoda acoustic session band Funny Fellow. This is how they welcomed visitors to the 23rd edition of our festival. https://youtu.be/5E1jlH4COq8…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Cari Cari
Austrian indie rock duo Cari Cari played at Pohoda 2019. Volume compares them to The xx or The Kills in their review. The Rolling Stone named them the biggest surprise of last year’s Primavera. The duo is singer and drummer Stephanie Widmer and guitarist Alexander Köck. They have lived in…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Trio Katastrofa
Pohoda featured the Scandinavian-Balkan folk-punk of the band Trio Katastrofa. The band consists of the Swedish violinist Sofia Hogstadius (specialized in Bulgarian folk music), Swedish-Chilean percussionist Stefan Hedborg and Slovenian accordionist Matija Solce, while everyone is involved vocally as…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Zohra
Pohoda 2019 also hosted Afghanistan’s firstall-female orchestra – Zohra. The members of the ensemble are one of the first women in their families and throughout the country to study music in the past 30 years. In a very short time, these brave musicians earned the recognition of the media…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Emmanuel Jal & Nyaruach
Pohoda 2019 also featured Emmanuel Jal, the former child soldier from South Sudan, together with his sister Nyaruach. Emmanuel has released five award-nominated albums, co-starred with Reese Witherspoon in the motion picture The Good Lie, performed at Live 8, Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Concert…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Penelope Isles
The Brighton band Penelope Isles is another band that took part in our acoustic sessions. Line of Best Fit described their songs like “Their tracks are like your favourite sweets with shards of broken glass embedded in them, the potential of which is just screaming out for attention.” https://youtu.be/D8MW1K3mRuk…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble
Pohoda 2019 also hosted the Finnish-Beninese band Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble. The band mixes afrobeat, voodoo rhythm, jazz and funky. This Afro-Nordic collaboration has already captivated fRoots, worldmusic central and many other world music-oriented portals and charts. This is how they performed for…
22. August 2019
Pohoda acoustic session: Bukahara
The sensation of the German folk scene, Bukahara, made the Pohoda attenders dance as well. The band mixes gypsy jazz, swing, and reggae with Balkan and Arab influences. They performed their song My Name within Pohoda acoustic session. https://youtu.be/H4OLTX0chN8…
22. August 2019
Calypso Rose - Live at Pohoda 2019
The legend of the Caribbean music and the queen of the Calypso genre – Calypso Rose, also played at Pohoda 2019. Nina from Rádio_FM wrote the following about her performance at Pohoda: "At the age 79, she is still full of energy and doesn't lose her sense of humor, even though she…
22. August 2019
New merch in our shop
Since today you can shop online on our website the new Pohoda merch, which was introduced at Pohoda 2019. Some pieces were even photoshot by Pohoda 2019 artists. www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop…
12. August 2019