Traditional Polish Music - Where can I find some?

I was born in Canada, but my parents both came from Poland. I’m getting married this summer and want to have some traditional Polish music added to the playlist. We hired a “canadian” dj and he just wants us to provide him with a CD of Polish content. This is where my problem is…

I have no clue where to find traditional polish music (waltzes, polkas and such) and I have looked at various sites only to get either pop music or way old classical stuff.

Please help... I need stuff to keep the old-school people happy!

Thx a bunch!

old school enough?

Thx! but i was thinking more from this century... not so folkish, i guess.

that was a joke. great tune and video tho.

try maybe this:

torrenty.org/torrent/23496
ultrawarez.eu/2007/11/15/va__polskie_przeboje_lat_80.html
musicblog-kazu26.blogspot.com/2008/01/przeboje-polskich-dancing w-7-cd.html


congratulations and good luck :)

I thought as much, but i posted a simular thread on a different site and people were seriously suggesting stuff like that...

Thanks so much for those suggestions and the well wishes - I'll download those and have a listen later tonight.

Take care!

Maybe these?

I was listening to a song and then this one clicked on as the next in line.

It has some of the qualities of the British music of the 60's, a bit like The Byrds.

Sometimes Polish songs sound a bit worse for the lyrics but this has a chirpy melody and has decent lyrics.

Dozwolone do lat osiemnastu.

Traditional polish music is performed by a band. But, when you hire these guys, all you'll get is traditional polish music all night. Traditional depends on the area. Gorale have different music than country folk than do city folk.

You can find the CDs online. What sort of music are you looking for?

P.S. I can't recall waltzing, or doing the polka, at a polish wedding. It ends up being the hustle (disco) with variations on it all night, or traditional folk dances with the crowd circling a couple in the center.

Quality Polish rock/blues music starts with Tadeusz Nalepa.

No song came up, Matyjasz.

It works fine on my PC. hmmm

Aha, it's working now. The computer at work doesn't have a Flash player. Great stuff, I like this kind of music in this kind of weather especially. Laid back.

Apink. youtube.com/watch?v=fDTfWZgUvmk

( Old time version) The Money or Apron dance

Brekaut i Tadeusz Nalepa - Kiedy Bylem Malym Chlopcem.mp3

odsiebie.com/pokaz/1594583---e43b.html

I'm listening to the same song as I posted above, post 7. As I said, it has a Byrds-like quality to it. Good to see Poland has some good music of that ilk.

youtube.com/watch?v=diLYb80ISWI try this one by the Red Guitars. I think this is on a tv commercial now.

Not this one.....the lyrics are by Julian Tuwim. Music & performance - Niemen.

Yeah, that was a bit better :)

Merged: Can someone tell me about traditional Polish music? And maybe a few examples?

I'm working on a Culture Fair Project and need information about traditional Polish music and few examples. And what does "mikolaje" mean?

I'd be happy if you helped! Thanks!~

You need to be a little more specific; or else you may get responses like the following video, lol!

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Um... sorry... um... that really didn't help lol

Thanks for the laugh though!

like Polish folk music?
gadki.lublin.pl/pfm/index.html

Mikołaj is a Polish version of Nicolas. Mikołaje is plural. Could also mean St. Nicolas eatable figurines (made of ginger?) given to children for Christmas.

Thanks for that, I found some music earlier and wasn't sure whether that was the title or the name of the musical group.

In rural areas of the Opole region of SE Poland, there is (or used to be) a tradition of house-to-house visits called Mikiołaje on or around 6 Dec. The revellers -- the bishop Święty Mikołaj plus a whole menagerie of charatcers: priest, solider, doctor, gypsy, Jew, etc. make their annual rounds and receive treats in return.

Is anybody on PF from the Opole region and/or has witnessed this custom personally?