Category: Music

  • Discography

    DjemBA West African-influenced percussion album.  Preview available on Soundcloud. Jazz Journals Messin’ Around Baby’s Waltz Strollin’ Passport Available on Bandcamp. Zrada Who Was Born In…? Give Me Liquor Dark Skies The Young Writer Portrait The Letter Quick Waters Parade In the Woods Is A Path While I’m Alive The Cliff! Traditional Folk Music of Zradystan…

  • Australian Music Festivals

    Australian Music Festivals

    If you’re like many travelling through Australia, you’re no doubt balancing your time between working and travelling. Between all that fruit picking and drinking you can attend some music festivals to empty your wallet at some of the biggest music festivals around. It’s expensive for North American and European artists to come to Australia so when they do,…

  • Modern Ukrainian Music

    Modern Ukrainian Music

    If there’s one thing that is noticeably different from my mental image of Ukraine and the country as it is right now, it’s the music. Whereas in Canada “Ukrainian music” often means polka, in Ukraine “Ukrainian music” is an ambiguous term. So here is a list of Ukrainian music that I either discovered in the…

  • Polish Reggae, Jazz, Traditional and Classical Muzyka

    Polish Reggae, Jazz, Traditional and Classical Muzyka

    Finally here’s my second post on Polish music. You can read the first part on rock and metal here. Reggae(muffin??) Artist: Maleo Reggae Rockers and Goście Album: XVI Przystanek Woodstock 2010 For some reason, reggae seems to be huge in Poland. Maybe it’s cuz the European Union to freely move all sorts of things, such as…

  • Polish Rock and Metal Muzyka

    Polish Rock and Metal Muzyka

    Alright boys and girls, it’s that time again. Following posts on Asian, Korean, Winnipeg, and country music, it’s time for another round of Steven’s Musical Selections. This time I’m covering the muzyka from Poland. While in Krakow, I walked into the Empik store in Stare Miasto, Krakow and asked the info guy to guide me…

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