TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

Tim Jiles (drums), Jez Franks (guitar), John Turville (piano), Yaron Stavi (bass), Koby
Israelite (accordion, guitar, banjo, bass, clarinet, flute, keyboards, percussion, vocals)

A phenomenal Jewish musician who records for John Zorn’s legendary Tzadik label in New York. Koby Israelite’s music combines traditional Klezmer motifs with jazz and rock, and adds pop elements to the mix./from alchemia.com.pl/

http://www.myspace.com/kobyisraelite

Alchemia club, corner of Estery and Plac Nowy (Kazimierz), 2 nd July (wednesday,thursday), 9:00 PM, tickets: 50 zł

more about Jewish Culture Festival

Sepultura-the band was a major force in the death metal and thrash metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and their later experiments melding hardcore punk and industrial music with extreme metal provided a blueprint for the groove metal genre.(from viki)
Loch Ness, Warszawska 15, 1st of july, start at 20:00

Greetings

Today is Monday in Krakow (probably other places too), and it is the start of another wonderful work week.  Nothing better then arriving at your job bright and early and jumping into whatever exciting projects your bosses have prepared for you… right?… right? Come on now, people…

Well, if you happen to be one of those rare people who doesn’t freaking love Mondays, we have a bit of a pick me up for you:  At 8 pm at the Piękny Pies on Sławkowska 6a 3 splendid Rock & Roll groups will perform in the basement of this fine watering hole.

This is actually a mini festival of sorts celebrating the wonderful ball of gas in the sky (the sun, el sol… słońca!) and the arrival of Summer (oh yeah, and also the general awesomeness of Mondays).

Performing the hits for you will be (possibly in this order):

White Rabbit’s Trip- www.myspace.com/whiterabbitstrip

Eluktrick- www.myspace.com/eluktrick

Fox Gang- www.myspace.com/foxgang*

So don’t be shy, drop on by. Your possibly might never forget it.  And for you workaholics out there… we promise not to destroy your Tuesday (but we probably will )

Sincerely,

Eluktrick Rabbit Fox

that will be a night of uncanny artists serving minimal techno inspired by dub, funky, jazz..

Line up:

S.T.R.U a.k.a miuzikman /minimalizacja/fruit music
feat. Auronica a.k.a Małgorzata Auron vocal /fruit music
Kajtech/mazeratti soundsystem
Bad Community/Flip Da Floor/Gangsteppazz
Kinzo Chrome/Oto studio
Kakofonix/ Czarna Orkiestra
Vj Kabzel
music: deep/funk/dancejazz/cosmic disco/minimal techno

Pauza Club, Floriańska st.18, 26 June (fri) Free entry/Start:21:30

We invite you for an evening with Don’t Ask Smingus this Friday @ 20:00 in the closeted hall of Cafe Szafe on ul. Felicjanek 10. The Smingus have been busy lately as we just finished recording our debut EP – which is already circulating the airwaves of Krakow bars and Radiostations. Check out our myspace page to listen to the new tracks: www.myspace.com/dontasksmingus

We look to kick our first post-studio show off with a bang so come on down to Szafe plus…. IT’S FREE!

Keir Neuringer  & Rafał Mazur – it will be free improvised session on saxophone, acoustic bass guitar, cassette tapes and maybe drums or voice. Both musicians boldly go to these musical areas, where not many has gone before..
where: Eszeweria Club, Józefa St.9 (Kazimierz), 25 June (thur),start at 20:00

Constans comes from Boston, and is just on a  tour in Europe promoting their last album “The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension” (Make My Day Records).The band plays post rock and got famous after 9-months touring around USA in big bus fueled by vegetable oil.
http://www.myspace.com/constants
where:Kawiarnia Naukowa, Jakuba St. 29-31 (Kazimierz), 24 June (wed) , start at 19:30

Benni Hemm Hemm-”If Sufjan Stevens moved to Iceland and joined Sigur Ros, the resulting supergroup would make orchestral pop as majestic and playful as this. Rock on, Benedikt H. Hermannsson and you eleven other Scandinavians!” – Rolling Stone Hot List, Issue #1023
www.myspace.com/bennihemmhemm
where:klub Re, Św. Krzyża 4,23 June (tue), 20:00

Ef is a swedish post-rock group founded in 2003 in Gothenburg.
Tomas Torsson – guitar, vocals, accordion
Claes N Strängberg – guitar, vocals, organ, melodica, laptop
Jonatan Hammar – guitar, vocals, cello, trumpet
Mikael Hillergård – electric bas
Niklas Åström – drums, melodica
http://www.myspace.com/ef
where:Klub pod Jaczurami, Main Square 8, 23 June (tue),  start at 20:00

The shortest night of the year is time of traditional midsummer fest called Wianki (Wreaths).
This year wianki will se Lenny Kravitz  and polish performers such as Wilki, Wavamuffin, Patrycja Markowska. All will be ended by firework show around midnight
20 june (sat), start at 18:00
where: on the banks of wisła river, head toward Wawel castle and you will hear it and feel it.

Lookout Ye Virgins!  Lenny’s coming to town… Ok that may be crossing
a line but there is no mistaking the fact that Lenny is the absolute
posterboy for the modern day Rock Sex God.  He has been a pinup pop
rock soul rebel since the early nineties and has released 7 studio
albums and charted numerous top 10 singles.  Unlike most other pop
stars, his sound is retro and incredibly eclectic. His influences
range from rock, soul, funk, reggae, and hard rock, to psychedelic,
folk and balladry.  Another dsitinguishing feature that sets Lenny
apart from many of his contemparies is that he is a multi
instrumentalist and frequently plays most of the instruments on his
albums.  But music aside, Lenny Kravitz is only Lenny Kraitz thanks to
his status as a sex god and his fame has been propelled by frequent
romps through the tabloids when attached to some of the worlds sexiest
and most powerful women (Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Lisa Bonet et al.)
But you, Krakow music lovers, you will come only for one reason, to
see Lenny and his badass band of soul rockers tear the Wisla a new
one… Let love rule Lenny!

20 June
Wisla bank, next to Wawel castle
start:22.00

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

Marillion’s massive popularity in Poland certainly plays a big part in
the bands continued existence.  This certainly hasn’t been lost on
vocalist and frontman Steve Hogarth who is bringing his latest solo
tour to Poland.  H Natural is Hogarth’s solo project and it consists
of Steve on Piano pouring his heart out and playing a mix of songs
from his career as a solo artist and of course from Marillion and
earlier bands. Another element of H Natural is that Steve tells
stories about the songs and also gives anecdotes from his many years
on the road.  The concert will be intimate and relaxed which may be a
surprise for you hardcore Marillion fans out there. One of the other
unique  aspects of Marillion that has helped them build and maintain
their legions of loyal fans is their innovative website and direct
online interaction. In keeping with this tradition, H Natural is
recording every show of the tour and posting them on its website -
www.h-tunes.com – for free download.  So if you come to the concert…
don’t yell anything you might regret;)

20 June

Rotunda
Oleandry 1
start: 20.00
entry (advance):  130 PLN

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

>>ShockolaD is quite explosive fusion of Ukrainian folk and polish jazz with some fresh ideas, that could be described as  world music.
Ihor Hnydyn — drums
Anastasija Łytwyniuk — keyboards
Serhij Brydun — bass guitar
Wołodymyr Urban — alt saxophone
where: Alchemia, corner of Estery St. and Plac Nowy (Kazimierz), 19 june (fri) start at 20:00, tickets 10/15 pln

Karpaty Magiczne/The Magic Carpathians Project has been active since 1998, established by Anna Nacher and Marek Styczyński (who previously had been a leader Theatre of Sound ATMAN). Influenced by musical traditions of Eastern and Central Europe (most notably the multicultural region of Carpathians mountains, spanning through Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia), free jazz, the philosophy of sound of classical Indian music and contemporary classic the duo creates compositions based on improvisation using plethora of traditional instruments from Asia, Europa and Australia. Prepared electric guitar, home-made analog electronics, field recordings made during their numerous travels around the world and bastardised radio waves add up to the distinct atmosphere of their music.
Listed in All Music Guide. Reviewed in Magnet, The Wire, Downbeat, San Francisco Weekly, Brainwashed.com, FakeJazz.com, Dream Magazine, Ptolemaic Terrascope, The Broken Face (Sweden), Skug (Austria), Rockerilla (Italy).
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Projekt_Karpaty_Magiczne__Magic_Carpathians/
http://www.myspace.com/carpathians
where: Eszeweria, Józefa St. 9 (Kazimierz),18 June (thur)  start at 20:30

When was the last time you saw an ambient drone post rock doom metal
band… you can stop thinking because the answer is probably never.
Meet Canadian group Nadja; Aidan Baker (guitars / vocals / piano /

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

Art Boom Festival in Krakow seems to be a Contemporary Art festival
built on philosophy and ambition.  The organizers have laid down a
clear mission statement that they want to change the perception of
Krakow as a conservative backwater in the Art world and move the city
forward in its acceptance and promotion of Modern Art.  Also, by
placing artworks in urban and public spaces they want to transform the
city’s stodgy relationship with contemporary art… ballsy! Throughout
June the festival will present the series of separate artistic events
each one involving different aspects and mediums of the Visual Arts.
The scope of the festival is aimed at reaching both the general public
as well as “professionals” – artists, curators, critics and art
theorists. Some of the different mediums to be presented will be:
painting, installation, objects, video, performance, not to mention
community art. The festival will be a platform for promising young
talents as well as well known figures and artists.  Keep an eye on
www.artboomfestival.pl for complete schedule of events and
exhibitions. BOOM!

12-22 June

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

Latin Rock, as a genre, is not really a genre, but one of those ones
that was made up by some music journalist because he didn’t know what
else to call the music.  Like “World Music” latin rock is a blanket
term that is used from any bands south of Texas or that have a Conga
player.  With that said, Tito & Tarantula are most certainly a Latin
Rock band and may indeed have been the band that inspired the genre.
The band was started by Tito Larriva who was born in Ciudad Juárez,
Mexico but ended up travelling around up rambling around the states
living in Alaska, Texas and eventually washing up on the shores of Los
Angeles.  Larriva formed several fairly successful bands (Plugz,
Cruzados) in the 80s.  Tito & Tarantula was actually started as a jam
party band for his LA friends and the layed back atmosphere allowed
the band to deeply explore Latin rock textures and rhythms.  Timing is
everything in music and one day Robert ROdriguez stumbled upon the
group and almost immediately invited Tito to be part of Desperado, as
an actor and musician. The group ended up having 3 songs on the films
soundtrack including the crossover hit “After Dark”.  The group was
also invited by Rodriguez to be part of his next film “From Dusk till
Dawn”.  The exposure both films gave the band launched their career
into high gear and they have been recording and touring on this
initial succes ever since.  Although they have undergone many
personnel changes, Larriva is the heart, soul, voice of the band. You
could say he’s the Tito, and the tarantula.

12 june, start at 20:00

Rotunda

Oleandry 1
start: 20.00

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

11 june, Thursday

Celebration of Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało in polish) is held each year on first Thursday after Trinity Sunday. During this day Catholic Church and all believers commemorate The Last Supper and alternation of bread and wine into Body and Blood of Christ.
The history of the feast reaches back to 13 th century, in Poland the first records of the celebration come from the year 1320, from Krakow.
The essence of Polish Corpus Christi are massive processions walking through the streets of towns and villages and stopping on a way at 4 altars to read parts of Gospel referring to Eucharist.
Generally it is very colorful feast, small girls scatter flowers, people decorate windows and houses..

where in Krakow?
at every church, in many cases at 6 a.m. or at noon
specially recommended:
Corpus Christi Church at coner of Józefa St. and Boże Ciało St (Kazimierz), probably at 12:00
St. Katharina Church at corner of Skałeczna St and Augustiańska St (Kazimierz, more towards river), at 16:00 for sure
Main mass and procession starts at 10:00 at Bazylika Mariacka, on the Main Square,

>>Arteterapia: Ray Dickaty & Tomek Chołoniewski & Michał Dymny,9 june (tue), start at 20:00
generally improvised music
where:Eszeweria, Józefa St. 9 (Kazimerz)

>>The Bourgeois Gentleman,7 jun (sun), start at 19:00
The Bourgeois Gentleman / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean-Baptiste Lully / Molière
stage version
Vincent Dumestre (music director)
Benjamin Lazar (director)
Cécile Roussat (choreography)
playes:
Le Poéme Harmonique and Ensemble Musica Florea
where:Juliusz Słowacki Threatre, from 18 hours some entrance tickets wll be available just for 30 pln