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This Is The Kit
Besides Parish, another famous musician, Aaron Dessner of The National, also appears on the LP. The sophisticated arrangements are balanced with playful motifs. Drowned in Sound gave the latest album a rating of 9 out of 10. They especially appreciated that this great storyteller and musician finally…
Rebel L Babel – the biggest band in the world
Babel, or Babylon, is a symbol of the chaos and confusion that occurred when people stopped talking in one language. In the famous Bible story, God thus punished the pride of the Babylonians, who wanted to prove their haughtiness by building a tower reaching the heaven. The story of the Genesis book…
El Gusto – a reborn Algerian legend
The centre of the Algerian metropolis was known in the first half of the 20th century for its great cafés and busy life. The specific North African atmosphere was complemented with Chaâbi music performed by talented musicians. The music combines the elements of Berber and Andalusian musicality,…
Mitch & Mitch
Mitch & Mitch pretend to be a world band and they are so great at doing it that world bands could learn from them how to be really world bands”. In fact, they truly are stars in Poland, thanks to their successful cooperation with the Polish parallel to Slovak “Jaro Filip” –…
Zeal & Ardor
Before Zeal & Ardor, Manuel Gagneux didn’t have much experience with heavy metal genres. He did listen to the extreme music of bands such as Burzum or Darkthrone, but his previous project Birdmask could be characterized as chamber pop. The common denominator for Birdmask and his current band…
Pohoda Is Heading to European Festival Awards as the Event with the Most EFA Nominations
Imagine a movie filmed by a Slovakian director heading to Cannes with seven nominations leaving behind renowned English, German, French, Italian or Spanish filmmakers. This is the second time in a row that a similar situation happened to Pohoda in the festival world. Our festival has conquered shortlists…
The reggae legend Ziggy Marley yo perform at Pohoda 2018
Ziggy Marley recorded his first song with his siblings as an 11-year-old. Under the name “Melody Makers”, they released their fatherʼs song “Children Playing in the Streets” (all royalties from the single were pledged to the UN to support its efforts during the International…
American reggae phenomenon SOJA
Reggae: a genre that belongs to Jamaica and the surrounding islands in the Caribbean. This is a stereotype that a group of high school friends started to break in one of the basements located near the capital of the United States almost 20 years ago. At the very beginning, there was a Bob Marley tape…
La Femme at Pohoda 2018
Imagine grandchildren of Beach Boys, Serge Gainsbourg and gentlemen of Velvet Underground or Kraftwerk driving a convertible somewhere in the Bay of Biscay area and arguing about what to play on Spotify. Thanks to band La Femme, they don’t have to. The band offers a brief overview of genres of…
Aurora at Pohoda 2018
Aurora began composing melodies when she was six and has been writing lyrics for the melodies since the age of nine. Her first songs include the “Running with the Wolves” hit featured on the BBC. Her other song, “Runaway”, was listened to on Spotify one million times within 6…