Jamie Marshall’s Amplified Acoustic Band @ Jazz Dock 10.10.2025 With an intensive tempo and a dynamic sound Jamie brought his Amplified Acoustic Band, Svatka Štěpánková, voc.b; Jamie Marshall, voc.g; Radek Hlávka, g; Martin Petrásek, d, on stage last night to a sold out Jazz Dock. This time with a maybe slightly less talk more music show gave the audience exactly […]
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Libor Šmoldas and Milan Angelo Novák @ U Staré paní 6.10.2025 It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than a year since these two guitar virtuosis, Libor Šmoldas Milan Angelo Novák met even physically for the very first time, so enjoyable, skillful and most of all relaxin was last night’s concert at U Staré paní (The Old Lady’s). The charm from
Odd Steinar Albrigtsen Quartet @ Ateliér 57, 5.10.2025 The musical highlight of the month continued last night at Prague’s best jazz club, the one in Beroun, Ateliér 57. Odd Steinar Albrigtsen Quartet, Odd Steinar Albrigtsen – g; Gianni Gagliardi – sax; Lars Ekman – b; Jesse Simpson -d, took us on a journey and showed that melodic jazz doesn’t always refer to standards.
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Lenka Nová & Eve Quartet feut. Mikuláš Pokorný, Josef Štěpánek @ Jazz Dock 28.9.2025 Lenka Nová, to me, was an all new and more than pleasant experience. Even though Lenka is a well established woman in the Republic’s world of music our paths hadn’t crossed until last night at a sold out Jazz Dock. This
Where to go and who to listen to… Here’s a few hints about what to do music-wise in August if you’re lost in the musical surplus of what Prague has to offer! 😀 This is very, very subjective information but since I only like good or very good music you should maybe give it a
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Bach Meets Bolling @ Divadlo X10, Prague 22.9.2025 If you go about your life blindfolded and get away with it, you probably end up a happy person when that time comes. For the rest of us, it’s a little different. The desire to expand our consciousness, to explore new areas, doesn’t always make life easy,
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Jana Kaniaková Ljodyna & Luboš Soukup Quartet @ Ateliér 57, 21.9.2025 We, the audience at A57, were in for a pleasant surprise last night when attending the musical monthly highlight in Beroun. The Sunday concert session was opened by pianist Jana Kaniaková Ljodyna who took us on an unexpected journey with her gentle almost magical touch on
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Jeremy Chapman Quartet @ U Staré paní 19.9.2025 A rare quest was to be seen last night at U Staré paní when Jeremy Chapman Quartet; Jeremy Chapman – sax; Libor Šmoldas – g; Daniel Soltis – dr; Petr Dvorský – b, took over the stage. Jeremy, a British saxophonist and flutist is mostly to be found in The International School of Music in Prague as
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Petra Vlková & Sonic Playground; Debut album release @ U Staré paní 10.9.2025 This was going to be a small blog about the party and the joy of releasing an album after all the hard work that it requires, but the stage performance last night was so extraordinary that I will stick to that. Look
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Libor Šmoldas & David Friesen duo @ U Staré paní 8.9.2025 Yesterday The Old Lady (U Staré paní), opened its doors again after the holiday season. Something that went unnoticed for the majority of people who care about the definition of “good music”. The definition itself was actually wrong last night, one should be talking