After 1945, like the rest of the Eastern and Central Europe, Poland fell under the dominance of Stalinist Russia— and the Soviets certainly did not dig the swing!! Consequently, only certain musical ...

I wasn't hearing the most promising things about the mood of Poland. "Holy fucking depressing," a fellow journalist wrote me. "Bleakest place ever." Her grim outlook was echoed by others, including ...

Polish music, new and old, is set to ring out on domestic radio stations and streaming services as the country celebrates Polish Music Day on Friday. A number of broadcasters are expected to play and ...

Veteran performer Michał "Lonstar" Łuszczyński, a pioneer of Polish country music, has received the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture, highlighting the genre’s long road to respect. Łuszczyński ...

About the private lives of great composers, about an orchestra of tramway workers, about rock fighting against communism, artists revolutionising jazz and… the music of robots. These are the most ...

For the last 50 years, Chicago’s Lira Ensemble has made it its mission, in the words of the group’s co-founder, artistic director and general manager, Lucyna Migala, “to bring the best of Polish ...

Polish folk artist Karolina Cicha, singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and one-woman-orchestra is trying to use the language of music to overcome historical prejudice toward minority groups in ...

When Timothy J. Cooley went to Poland in 1992, it was in search of a sound. As a state-employed ethnomusicologist in Illinois, he had heard music from the Tatra Mountains in Chicago’s Polish community ...

WiMP, the Norwegian music streaming service owned by Aspiro, has announced that it is expanding into Poland, stepping on the toes of European competitor Deezer, the other major player operating in the ...

Catholics and Jews in Poland observed the annual Day of Judaism with psalms, music, and silent prayer on Sunday. The main commemorative event took place on Jan. 17 at the Bródno Jewish Cemetery in ...

There are more than 56,000 people of Polish descent in Los Angeles (that’s the population of 4 Malibus!), and today is Polish Independence Day. To celebrate the freedom of Poland, let’s visit these ...