The greatest vocalists and musicians of West Africa have joined voices to support gender equality. Band Les Amazones d’Afrique is a phenomenon on the world music scene that cooperated with the likes of Nneka or Mariam Doumbia (Amadou et Mariam). Their concert at last year’s Womad in London was praised by The Guardian or The Financial Times alike. The band will offer a mix of rock, blues, reggae, pop, African rhythms, exuberant harmonies and musical colorfulness at Pohoda 2017. → read more

Teachers and students can purchase their tickets for Pohoda with a €10 discount, starting today and available until Teachersʼ Day (midnight of 28th March). A total of 283 three-day tickets for €79 will be sold with discount to ITIC, ISIC, and Euro <26 card holders. Two tickets maximum per one card can be purchased at this link: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/product/ticket-teachers-day → read more

Catchy Colombian melodies and rhythms will be played also at Pohoda 2017. They will be delivered by band La Mambanegra, which was, ranked by Billboard one of the five Colombian bands that you should know. As Guardian put it, the first class musicians deliver their energetic mixture of salsa, Caribbean influences, funk, hip-hop, R&B, and jazz in a riveting and entertaining way. Billboard also wrote that La Mambanegra achieved the ideal balance between virtuosity and the dance aspect of their music, and they will show that to Pohoda visitors this summer. → read more

The album contains 11 covers of Squarepusherʼs tracks, while the extra quality of the album has already been appreciated by AllMusic and Exclaim, which gave rated it 8 out 10 points. Flea said about Jenkinson that he is the best electric bass player in the world. This album proves why he said so. Shobaleader One are going to play incredible rhythmic patterns and superior electro-jazz-funk also at Pohoda 2017.  → read more

“DrumʼnʼSax” is how fans describe the music of Belgian band Blow Trio, another performer at Pohoda 2017.  → read more

Pohoda 2017 will also have the German-American duo White Wine, which includes Joe Haege, the author of film music and member of bands Tu Fawning and 31Knots. He, at his travels on tours, would spend some of his free time composing synth-punk tunes and beats on his laptop. He was touring also with bands Dodos and Menomena, and it was the sound engineer in of the latter one Fritz Brückner to start working with Haege on his “musical notes from the road”. According to the Berlin website Pop-Kultur, Whote Wine is the type of budding band that you hesitate to book because they might shine brighter than big names. → read more

If you liked New York brass trio Too Many Zooz that played Pohoda two years back, Gallowstreet are a quadruple European alternative to them. A dozen of Dutch musicians successfully redefine the term brass music. They offer an extraordinary mix of hip hop, trap, funk, afrobeat and dance music that pleased fans at North Sea Jazz Festival as well as those attending Lowlands. Now it’s Pohoda visitors’ turn. → read more

Today, ILMC (International Live Music Conference) has started in London. The conference also features Arthur Awards. The shortlist of six nominees for the music industry’s equivalent of Oscars, which is regarded as the most prestigious award within music world, features Pohoda along with festivals Isle of Wight, Lollapalooza Berlin, Paléo Festival Nyon, Rock Werchter and British Summertime Hyde Park. The nominations were decided by a committee of 100 music professionals and the destiny of the 6 nominees will be decided by a voting pool of 4,000 personalities, festival directors, managers, agents, promoters, ticketing companies representatives as well as music journalists. The winners of the latest two editions of Arthur Awards were Rock am Ring (2015) and Rock Werchter (2014). Keep your fingers crossed for us. → read more

According to Oliver Rehák from Denník N, Katarína Máliková’s album Pustvopol has been one of the most distinctive debuts on our music scenes over the last years. Four nominations in the Radio_Head Awards certainly confirm what he says. The album has already crossed Slovakian borders as it reached number 11 on World Music Charts Europe in March. A magical combination of folk, electronic as well as classical music performed by Katarína Máliková and her band is coming to Pohoda 2017. → read more

Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. used several stage names until he decided to perform as a rapping troublemaker Mykki Blanco. Last year, she released her debut album Mykki, which is according to The Wire, “one of the hardest and most consistent recent statements in US hip hop.” The rave reviews from MixMag, Guardian or Pitchfork confirm the ever increasing quality of her work. Mykki Blanco is coming to convince festival-goers about her qualities at Pohoda 2017.  → read more