Nearly fifteen thousand songs from all regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia are now freely available through a new online library called Písňovna.cz.

Making music is to Czechs what barbecueing is to Americans, a means of coming together. This week a traditional Czech folk ensemble is performing throughout Pittsburgh and tapping into the region’s ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek were both Czech composers, but that's where the similarity ended at Saturday (2/27) evening's Orchestra Iowa Chamber concert. Violinists Eric Kline and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The article provides an in-depth functional analysis of Czech folk music from the 1960s to the 1980s from the viewpoint of the sociology of ...

Jesse of Bored in Brno shares his impressions of the folk music festival he attended last week: “Overall, I give this festival the highest recommendation of any that I've been to so far.” Global ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Marj Nejdl found her life's work and passion almost by accident. The Master Czech Folk Artist has spent the last 47 years promoting the art of kraslice, or egg decorating. Nejdl learned ...

Mention America’s musical hotspots and Spillville, Iowa, does not immediately come to mind. But mention Spillville to people in Czech Republic and you’re likely to be treated like a king. "My brother ...

A mother-daughter team from South Moravia is in Cedar Rapids this week to lead a series of hands-on workshops in traditional folk art. Ludmila Zahrádková and her daughter, Jana Krková, are teaching ...