For the first time I’ve met Chris on Musikmesse Frankfurt in 2012. In the next booth he was showing off stomp-box Logarhytm and amazed passers with his unprecedented guitar playing. Meanwhile he prepared a solo album and Hal Leonard Publishing published his textbook and DVD Percussive Acoustic Guitar. On the occasion of his upcoming tour of six Slovak towns (22 to 30 July 2014) Chris Woods answered a few questions for Novy Popular music magazine.Read more...

In the second half of 1960’s, Britain encountered a boom of rock music inspired by American blues. British musicians electrified the genre which in turn became a source of inspiration for north-American musicians. The neighboring Irish rockers include musicians like Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Van Morrison, or Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy. I will focus on the latter as there are currently reasons to do so.Read more...

In October 2012, photographer Ivi Rebova together with her partner Anton Hajicek went on a journey to discover fascinating and inspirational places in Southwestern USA...Read more...

Music has many forms. World music, folk heritage of various cultures, artists tend to mix a variety of genres with different styles. One of the distinctive forms of world music genre was introduced on Water Nymphs (Hevhetia, 2012), album of young Ukrainian singer Mariia Guraievska accompanied by her Polish group Ethno Jazz Project.Read more...

The interview from 2011, November 14thRead more...

Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset (1961) is considered as the innovator of electric guitar. He belongs between the most sought after Norwegian musician. Collaborated with such names of experimental and world music scene as Brian Eno, Dhafer Youssef, Bill Laswell, Nana Vasconcelos and many more.Read more...

Jerguš Oravec is a young Slovakian musician, who has just lately won the jury and audience awards on Blues Aperitiv 2012, which is being held in Šumperk…Read more...

Last June, when I was at Ringo Starr and his All Starr's Band concert in the Prague Congress Centre, I could hardly imagine that what would follow would be another Beatles show. Of course I mean the second living member of what is considered by many to be the best music band of all times.Read more...

When I was travelling through Ireland a few years ago, I entered the main post office in Dublin and asked for a special stamp issued in a rare series. There was Rory Gallagher on it. The clerk referred me to an out-of-the-way sport shop with a tiny book section and I got to purchase the stamp there. I turned around to leave but the shopkeeper advised me that I should not forget Phil. I was not aware that a stamp with another Irish musical hero had been published. This hero was Phil Lynott, the leader of the well known band Thin Lizzy...Read more...

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„…the Irish guy playing, his speed and skills were frightening.“ Yes, this is how in an interview for the press media the black magician of the electric guitar Jimi Hendrix expressed himself on the dress of a lovely Irish lad who in no time had to be ranked into the gallery of the greatest.Read more...

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Croatian Festival of Popular Music Split is a massive music project which requires about 300 000 Euros per year, so logically there are some people who are asking if the money provided really brings wanted results. But, even though there are many complaints that the Festival is losing its musical identity, there is no doubt that Croatian music scene would be much poorer without such manifestation... Read more...

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Interview with Abhijit Banerjee, BratislavaRead more...

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Hurray, hurray! Take That put together again, including Robbie Williams...Read more...

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Musician and artist Lee M. Ranaldo is considered as establishing and leading personality of the genre of noise rock. Ranaldo, known as member of Sonic Youth band, was voted by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine as 33-th best guitar player of all time. However his character exceeds the limits of the usual guitar hero, as well as a lifetime member of only one music group.Read more...

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Indie is like the Schengen Area. It does not know bounds. A lot of performers come under tempt of free movement, but not everybody is able to use it in behoof.Read more...

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After Alex Turners Humbug, I have got feeling that all interesting what should British guitar bands say has been said, until Coral filled up my ears by new optimism. Proximity of Liverpool air, sign of 60-ties psychedelics, and country, folk and modern pop-rock radiates from their new release.Read more...

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Name Paco de Lucía is synonym for the art, which only extraordinary persons of their own times can bring. Those persons can absorb all influences from before; give it their own footprints and push respected rules way farther. That is what Paco made with flamenco in 70-ties and 80-ties.
In present time Mr. de Lucía spends his free time with his youngest, four year old son, in his Mexico ranch, or in villa standing in old part of Toledo. In the beginning of 2010 he started world tour with his new group consisted of young musicians. During the tour he invited Bratislava, for second time after 22 years. This interview we made before his concert in March 2010.Read more...

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If you already know principle of Blackmore’s Night music and lifestyle, you probably won’t find anything innovative here. Blackmore’s family stay loyal to their own sound composite of rock, folk, renaissance similitude, echoes of Scottish and Irish world music etc...Read more...

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