Back in 2015, Cermaque (Jakub Čermák) and Iamme Candlewick (Andrea Čermák Knotková) – a married couple of fruitful Czech songwriters – and their one-year-old baby girl packed themselves up into an old volkswagen van and hit the road around the Europe.

It is jazz, and it is not jazz. It is modernism, but full of tradition at the same time. It is a semi-improvised, complex musical structure thats swirls with a perfectionistic care about every sound and every detail.

Trio Ponk named their debut album “Postfolklor”. In fact, it is not only a name of a record but we can consider it a name of their unique musical genre, too.

One of the best Czech debut albums of this year so far comes from the Brno-based duo Himalayan Dalai Lama.

Fiordmoss, originally an electronic duo from Brno, is currently based in Berlin, where it has spread to a four-piece ensemble and become a part of an artistic collective Fathermother.

Astride between alternative and mainstream radios, Lenka Dusilová is one of the most distinctive female singers in the Czech Republic.

Originally a black metal band, the story of Heiden is a particularly interesting one. After their first albums following strict genre rules, they have started to evolve with every consecutive release, winning several Czech music awards for the recent two.

One of the most established Czech indie bands, Květy have been around since 1993. With frontman Martin Kyšperský´s both poignant and poetic lyrics, they have been making significant steps forward with every record, this year´s “Miláček slunce” being no exception.