[risyGreeple]

Does anyone know any good polish artists or bands that actually make music in polish and not in english? I'd really love to know more.

[Itrtuawh]

Our very own Gaba Kulka comes to mind! She's excellent. Her latest, "Hat, rabbit" was in my top of 2009. Some of her songs are in Polish, others are in English.

[NickGrass]

Last.fm is really useful in these cases.
Czesław Śpiewa (tough I've found his album under the name of Tesco Value) is the first that comes to my mind.
And of course, Gaba Kulka/Gabriela Kulka/Kulka & Kucz.

There's also Julia Marcell. She's great ("Billy Elliot"!!!!!!!!!!), but she sings in english.

[sherrferris]

Hey! Don't know anything they're singing about but I love the vibe! Their MTV Unplugged album is pure gold.

[risyGreeple]

I can't stop listening to those two nocturnal songs :

[risyGreeple]

And Brodka is also amazing. I bought her album Granda while I was in Poland this month. It reminds me of Arcade Fire for some reason although the whole album has quite diverse styles in it. The video for the single is sooo bjorkish.



I also can't stop listening to this song since I got the album (this one is in french, not in polish):

[Infiseeenvelp]

Our very own Gaba Kulka comes to mind! She's excellent. Her latest, "Hat, rabbit" was in my top of 2009. Some of her songs are in Polish, others are in English.

Gaba now finally has her music available as downloads worldwide too, which is most excellent

[i32I7qyH]

Thank for the plug Ebby!
As for Czeslaw Mozil - I'm a fan, and he's a pal. We went on tour together last fall.
As Czeslaw Spiewa ("Czeslaw Sings") it's mostly in Polish, as Tesco Value in English. His last album "Pop" is wonderful, here's the single:

[Fausqueuego]

I like Pati Yang, but only a few songs from her first album are in Polish.

[i32I7qyH]

Ahem... just to let you know, we have a new album out, with the band Baaba (as Baaba Kulka) - Iron maiden covers, donbe in a decidedly non metal style. Hope you like it. It's out in finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece, and soon - Germany.
http://baabakulka.bandcamp.com

[b7RKli4l]

Try





and

[VIAGRA-VIAGRA]

BRODKA is awesome. Ever since finding out about her from this thread I haven't stopped listening to Granda. It's my top album of this year!!! It's so much fun. Of course it helps that I speak Polish.

Any other recommendations? Something less cheesy than the last post?

[risyGreeple]

I love Anna Prucnal, I even met her this year for my birthday, but I think many young Poles don't know who she is.



for the next one, skip to 0'28 for the music:

[skiboyx]

I just discovered Nosowska

[VIAGRA-VIAGRA]

My mother, who lived most of her life in Poland, has been going through a lot of nostalgia, and she gets very excited when there's some new music she rediscovers. It annoys me because I am not a huge fan of Polish music from the era she's invested in, but I thought I'll share what I was asked to sit through last night (with some eye rolling going on). Maybe some of you will enjoy it:



and



Irena Jarocka died yesterday, I believe.

However, there are some Polish bands I like:



and this was my favourite song for many months:



This song is quite beautiful as well:



and there's a lyric in this song which makes me tear up almost every time:



The lyric starts at 2:20:

You won't be lonely
Because we'll meet
Through dreams...

[Infiseeenvelp]

I had a very bizarre youtube vortex moment a few weeks back that got particularly weird after Gaba Kulka & Czesław Mozil's cover of "Co Mi Panie Dasz":



because then I found the original version,



and it reminded me of an Irish Eurovision entry from the 80's... then it was all downhill from there.

[VIAGRA-VIAGRA]

All taken from Piwnica Pod Baranami (an excellent 5 CD set!!!!!)

[escolubtessen]

Can I mention overlooked London-Polish indie/art/vintage/acoustic marvel (and occasional IRL Spitfire pilot) Katy Carr? She's English raised but explores her roots a lot in her songwriting. Here she is being interviewed in Polish about her grandmother (I think), and here are two videos from her 2009 album Coquette.

Kommander's Car is a real-time true story of a prisoner's escape attempt from Auschwitz in 1942:


And also with an vehicle theme, Berliner Ring is a tribute to Marlene Deitrich:

[gkihueonhjh]

I'm Polish but I have to admit that 95% of music I listen to is foreign - I just find most Polish music to be either crap or good-but-derivative (with the exception of jazz musicians like Stańko and/or classical composers like Penderecki or Górecki). Anyway, these two songs have recently caught my attention:





I don't really like Brodka that much, but this one is just a great pop song. As for Nosowska, she's one of the best lyricists I've ever known (up there with Joanna Newsom and Joni Mitchell) - but of course it's all lost on you unless you speak Polish. Still a nice melody, though.

[shiciapsisy]

I'm not really familiar with current Polish music, but I really like Ewa Demarczyk
Tomaszów:

and also this is one of my favourite songs ever
Anna Maria Jopek - Wszystkie Cnoty: