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Kieslowski
Pohoda 2017 will also see a Czech urban-folk duo Kieslowski. Kieslowski is guitarist and vocalist David Pomahač (a.k.a. DKP) and vocalist and keyboardist Maria Kieslowski. They played festivals such as Waves Vienna; Urkulte in Sweden and Frazy in Poland. “Kieslowski know how to write a powerful…
The Ills
They are played on KEXP, mentioned by NPR, Clash, and the BBC. IQ magazine editor in chief Gordon Masson included them in the selection of bands to be seen. Vic Galloway of BBC Scotland likened them to the best of post-rock Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai. They received a positive feedback from the…
Ghost of You
Another amazing band from Czechia confirmed for this year’s Pohoda is Ghost of you. This export article of the Czech music scene has more than 200 gigs under their belt, including shows played at the biggest Czech festivals, a series of concerts in London or a gig at Sziget festival as winners…
M.I.A.
British rapper, singer-songwriter and visual artist M.I.A. played Pohoda back in 2011. The amazing show she put on was the main reason why we wanted to have her play our festival again. She herself added a couple of good arguments, too: excellent albums Matangi (2013) and AIM (2016) on which she collaborated…
Slowdive
Thursday evening at Pohoda will be completed with the legend of shoegaze Slowdive and one of the most abroad successful Slovak bands The Ills. Pitchfork wrote that Slowdive recorded 3 out of the 15 best shoegaze recordings of all time and NME included two of their albums in a similar chart (TOP 10).…
Les Amazones d’Afrique
The greatest vocalists and musicians of West Africa have joined voices to support gender equality. Band Les Amazones d’Afrique is a phenomenon on the world music scene that cooperated with the likes of Nneka or Mariam Doumbia (Amadou et Mariam). Their concert at last year’s Womad in London…
La Mambanegra
Catchy Colombian melodies and rhythms will be played also at Pohoda 2017. They will be delivered by band La Mambanegra, which was, ranked by Billboard one of the five Colombian bands that you should know. As Guardian put it, the first class musicians deliver their energetic mixture of salsa, Caribbean…
Blow Trio
“DrumʼnʼSax” is how fans describe the music of Belgian band Blow Trio, another performer at Pohoda 2017. Two saxophonists and a drummer play jazz, punk, and electronic dance music. Their performances are always a great show, which made them quickly gain loyal fans in the streets of…
White Wine
Pohoda 2017 will also have the German-American duo White Wine, which includes Joe Haege, the author of film music and member of bands Tu Fawning and 31Knots. He, at his travels on tours, would spend some of his free time composing synth-punk tunes and beats on his laptop. He was touring also with bands…
Gallowstreet
If you liked New York brass trio Too Many Zooz that played Pohoda two years back, Gallowstreet are a quadruple European alternative to them. A dozen of Dutch musicians successfully redefine the term brass music. They offer an extraordinary mix of hip hop, trap, funk, afrobeat and dance music that pleased…