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Polish punk, reggae icon Pawel Rozwadowski dies aged 58

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Pawel 'Kelner' Rozwadowski, a renowned Polish musician, writer and co-founder of the reggae band Izrael and punk rock band Deuter died on Sunday at the age of 58 after long illness.

Artwork carved into mountain rocks sheds intimate light on locals’ war and post-war experiences

Located in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia, the village of Skawica has been attracting researchers intrigued by drawings and words inscribed in large rocks by locals living through the turbulent times of war and communism.

Rocking Poland One Gig at a Time: Aleksander Milwiw-Baron

Growing up the son of a famous saxofonist has certainly not hurt Aleksander Milwiw-Baron, known simply by his surname, Baron. His rock band Afromental has been on the Polish music scene for years but he's catapulted to national fame in the top music programme 'Voice of Poland.' 

Super Trupa Trupa! Gdańsk band sign to ‘Nirvana label’ Sub Pop, but fame is the last thing on their minds

As the Seattle studio that came to define the grunge music genre in the 1990s plans to take Trupa Trupa global with a new international album to be released later this year, the band tells TFN: “Our priority is our spiritual path, not the conquest of the world.”

President: Passing away of Kora means the end of an era

The passing away of Kora for many people of my generation, including myself, means a symbolic end of an era, President Andrzej Duda wrote on Twitter following the death of the singer, composer and leader of the band 'Maanam'.

Culture Ministry: Kora an important artist for generations of Poles

Kora was an important artist for generations of Poles, the Culture Ministry wrote on Twitter on Saturday morning, expressing condolences over the death of the singer, composer and leader of the band 'Maanam'.

Kora, rebellious rock diva, dies of cancer aged 67

Singer, song-writer and poetess. There were few female figures in Polish popular culture who had such an impact.

Concert: Guns N' Roses

The legendary band give a concert at Stadion ŚLĄSKI/Chorzów as part of their ‘NOT IN THIS LIFETIME TOUR’.

Concert: Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam play for the first time in Kraków. The band from Seattle give a concert in Poland as part of their European tour.

Concert: The Rolling Stones

The legends of rock give a concert in Warsaw.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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