Long time followers of Folk Radio UK will remember the Warsaw Village Band who were regulars in our playlists a few years ago. The good news is that they have an extensive UK and European Tour planned for 2012 (dates below).
Their music is both primitive and earthly but with an unrelenting driving force that is steeped in the roots of their Polish motherland from which they have re-vived many traditions. These include the traditionl instruments they play which are rarely heard today such as the suka, a fiddle used in Polish folk music, but which is stopped by the fingernails rather than fingers. If you’re new to them then watch the videos below:
Four Horses (2005)
In the Forest – Dublin 2006
The Owl from their album Upmixing
Tour Dates
11.03.2011 – UK – Salisbury
12.03.2011 – UK – Bradford on Avon
20.03.2011 – UK – Guildford
31.03.2011 – PL – Toruń
07.04.2011 – PL – Wrocław
15.04.2011 – PL – Sopot
07.05.2011 – PL – Siedlce
21.05.2011 – UK – Liverpool
11.06.2011 – PL – Pruszcz Gdański
18.06.2011 – D – Berlin – Breitscheidplatz
21.06.2011 – UK – Bracknell – Southhill Park Arts Centre
22.06.2011 – UK – Nottingham – Lakeside Art Centre&Theatre
23.06.2011 – UK – Pocklington
24.06.2011 – UK – Crawley – Crawley Folk Festival
25.06.2011 – UK – Gateshead – The Sage
26.06.2011 – UK – Chichester
01.07.2011 – PL – Warszawa + HEDNINGARNA
01.07.2011 – PL – Warszawa
09.07.2011 – MY – Kuching – Rainforest World Music Festival 2011
17.07.2011 – UK – Tolpuddle – Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival
30.07.2011 – PL – Bytów
07.08.2011 – PL – Katowice + DJ Feel-X – OFF Festival
13.08.2011 – PL – Lublin – Jarmark Jagielloński
10.09.2011 – PL – Warszawa
11.09.2011 – PL – Piaseczno
17.09.2011 – RO – Timisoara – PLAI Festival
25.09.2011 – PL – Legnica
08.10.2011 – B – Brussels
05.11.2011 – UK – London – LIFEM 2011
17.11.2011 – PL – Warszawa – Stodoła