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Lianne La Havas — The enchanting neosoul diva to perform at Pohoda 2019
The daughter to a Greek father and Jamaican mother, Lianne was born in the late 1980s in London. She was immersed in music since her early childhood and was influenced by her parents’ extremely diverse music tastes. Lianne began singing at the age of 7, and wrote her first song at the age of…
The Concert for Martina and Ján in Gregorovce
The Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Bohdan Warchal led by Ewald Danel opened Pohoda 2018 with a concert dedicated to Ján and Martina. The set of the orchestra in Gregorovce will be similar: they will play the highlights of Baroque, Romantic, and Contemporary Slovak music, such as Vivaldiʼs Four Seasons,…
Trojan Sound System at Pohoda 2019
Trojan Sound System play music that satisfies even the purest of vinyl collectors, while at the same time, introducing a new generation to the roots of Jamaican music and bass. In their sets, they mix the reggae styles and flavours of the last 40 years with the support of the enthusiastic vocals from…
Korben Dallas at Pohoda 2019
Korben Dallas released a new studio album called Bazén this month. It was produced by Eddie Stevens who’s known for his collaboration with Moloko, Zero 7 and singers like Róisín Murphy, Sia and Jana Kirschner. A novelty for the album and the tour is a vocalist trio and Ľubo…
Jeff Mills – techno pioneer at Pohoda 2019
Jeff Mills was already dazzling audiences with his DJ tricks like scratching and beat juggling in the early 1980s. He also had a nightly show called The Wizard where he would highlight young local techno artists, giving light to future stars of the genre like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, and Juan Atkins.…
Show Me The Body at Pohoda 2019
Band Show Me the Body (SMTB) formed in 2009 in New York. In 2015, they released EP Yellow Kidney and soon after that an eponymous EP SMTB. After the release of debut Body War in 2016, described by Punknews as “a strong debut with a lot of ferocity”, they went on a European tour. When they…
Sho Madjozi at Pohoda 2019
Sho studied creative writing at universities in the USA and Johannesburg. She started with spoken word under the pseudonym MayaThePoet, writing predominantly in her native tongue Tsong from the Limpopo region. Paraphrasing The Fader, the musical aspect of her work is a great party-starter, while the…
Bazzookas at Pohoda 2019
Hardly anyone knew them before the year 2016, but we had the most positive reactions to their set at the festival. The affection was, obviously, mutual, as at the Reeperbahn 2017, the band awarded Pohoda the Bazzookas Award for the best festival they played. A school bus, around which they create a wonderful…
A unique world music phenomenon and a great man – Keith Flint – died
The Prodigy is a true legend of electronic music that has been setting trends of dance genres for over two decades. They got to metal clubs, underground basements, and to glittery discos and hipster parties. They crushed all prejudices, all doubts regarding the power and creativity of electronic music…
Lola Marsh to open Pohoda 2019 program on the main stage
A life-changing encounter Yael Shoshana Cohen didn’t even know Gil Landau when she accidentally showed up at his birthday party. Their musical connection was magnetic right from the start, though. Yael watched Gil as he took the guitar and started to play at the opposite side of the room. She…