2015-Oct-24 Anička + Matej / Čemerné, Zámutov

http://zalubova.sk/sk/3/vasa-svadba

2015-Oct-22 Čechomor+Pacora+Vidiek / Ateliér Babylon, Bratislava, SK

From 2015-10-22 Čechomor 'Načo pôjdem domov' at Ateliér Babylon

From 2015-10-22 Čechomor,Pacora,Vidiek

2015-Oct-17 BimBam+Buzz / Retroburza, KC Dunaj

Let me introduce my cousin with her pop-up hand-made shop, looking very business-like:

From 2015-10-17 BimBam @ KC Dunaj Retro Burza

Here are all the goodies she was advertising that day in KC Dunaj:

If you like what you see, you are welcome to visit her Sashe online store and like her FB page:

If you like the buzzers, here's all the buzz!

2015-Oct-16 Pressburger Klezmer "Tsvantsik Yorn" / MDPOH Bratislava

First of all, we would really like to thank Pressburger Klezmer Band for trusting us to document their 20th anniversary "Tsvantsik Yorn" concert. It was both big honour and pleasure.

And they did not only let us on the show, they also let us in on the rehearsal, as you can see:

There were lots and lots of guests, from the original, founding members to the unique Karin Sarkisjan. And there was even folk dancing:

THIS IS A UNIQUE VIDEO! Founding members of PREßBURGER KLEZMER BAND are playing the first tune of the band after 20...
Posted by Preßburger Klezmer Band on Wednesday, October 21, 2015

2015-Oct-15 Bridgin'Drama / Pezinok,SK

Thanks to the wonderful colleagues from The Bridge.sk - Bridgin'Drama I got to see David Fisher's Bear Educational theatre again, this time at a V4 Theatre festival in Pezinok with the History of England 1

http://www.thebeartheatre.com/en/show/history-england-part-1

And of course I also got to finally see my colleagues' take on the Slovak classic, re-imagined as Kukucheers:

Here's the trailer


So thanks again to Michaela and Barbora who were the stars of Kukucheers, performed the play twice, while managing the whole festival at the same time!

Too bad I couldn't stay for more - and there was much more - alas, maybe next year?

2015-Oct-14 PHOTO+VIDEO Katka Koščová, Jamadan, Adela Banášová and photographers / Rozvojový deň, Stará Tržnica, Bratislava

The subtitle of this  event was "Plea for Humanity: What next?" (click here for my gallery and impressions from the said concert/plea). Wednesday's event in Stará Tržnica provided the much needed context and space for debate in regards to Slovakia's role in helping developing countries in the midst of a refugee crisis.

Even though I couldn't attend the actual discussion, I am making it up now (as you can do too) by watching this video:

What I actually arrived for was much noisier, Jamadan, Slovakia's response to world music. 

After it, I was treated to lots of very interesting photographs and discussions with (photo) journalists. I was in particular, pleasantly surprised by seeing a fellow photographer from my hometown, Vranov, Andrea Kerestešová. Here's her blog. She was among the winning photographers! Please, do check out the winning articles: Pavol Štrba's The Boy Who Survived His Own Death" from Srebrenica,  Magdaléna Vaculčiaková's Cambodian sugar doesn't taste sweet and Tomáš Bella's How did the immigrants radicalise me in one week

While all this was very interesting and important, the best part of the evening was the performance given by Katka Koščová from Prešov, with Daniel Špiner on the piano/pepper-shaker, Jozef Lupták on the violin/mandolin and Michal Matejčík (of Depeche Mode/George Michael fame) on the harp. It was simply splendid, and really heart-felt! Look and listen for yourselves:

Watch in full-screen

2015-Oct-3 Waves Bratislava Saturday / KC Dunaj

After a great Friday (click for photos/review), Saturday at Waves Bratislava at KC Dunaj was off to an even greater start! And we (Nadja and me) were there to live and document it!

Again, we'll start with the slideshow of all the pictures and then continue artist by artist

For the first act, we were treated for a great performance by Frequency, fellow Vranovers.

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

Then we continued with Slovak rock, with Buy her sugar:

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Third rock band was Foolish Green from Macedonia

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From Israel, the audience fell in love with a great singer-song writer, Ella Ronen:

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After Ella, the tempo went a bit up with Endy Yden from Poland

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We got our fair share of  Howling Owl (NL)

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

The crowd went wild with Estonian Elephants from Neptune

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

Madness continued with the Czech trio Kyklos Galaktikos

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

And straight from the 60s we got Hungarian Ivan & The Parazol

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

Followed by the crazy Finnish sister duo LCMDF

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Followed by no less mad Latvian rock four-piece, Laika Suns

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And finished a little anti-climacticly with a Czech DJ duo Tomino & Myslivec (of MIDILIDI fame)

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

In short, the whole evening was a blast! See you next year at Waves!

From 2015-10-03 Waves KC Dunaj final

2015-Oct-2 Waves Bratislava Friday / KC Dunaj

We were lucky to be invited to this one-of-a-kind showcase festival, even if it was to the most poorly lit venue. It was a good challenge!

First of all the photos, then band highlights, here we go:

And now for the bands. All fresh, all new, all international.
First off, dreamy Polkov from Austria:

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Then, Klaudia Szafrańska, Michał 'Lance Flare' Wasilewski alias XXANAXX (youtube)

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

Next off, ADI Ulmansky from Israel (soundcloud)

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Then, a crazy duo from Belgium, Joy Wellboy

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

Followed by Leyya from Austria

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

And Nicole Jaey and Harry Jen also from Vienna

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Close before midnight we got our portion of Colours of Bubbles from Lithuania

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

And after midnight it was time for bands closer to home - Dynamo Team

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Back to Vienna for Mynth (soundcloud)

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

And the after-midnight party continued with La3no Cubano (SK)

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

And an all-nighter by the stage manager Matwe DrappenMadchenFeller (Mixcloud)

From 2015-10-02 Waves KC Dunaj Final

What a night! And we even survived it all!